babadono Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Anybody that uses this stuff. Does the outer jacket get yellow/discolored with age? http://www.knukonceptz.com/mobile-audio/speaker-wire/karma-ss-speaker-kable/sp/karma-ss-12-gauge-speaker-wire/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I have this in use for several years without issue in the living room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Thanks @USNRET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I have been using this for at least 4 years without issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efzauner Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Sounds like normal wire.. when the price is right. The description is hilarious though. Can't anyone just sell speaker wire anymore? This is just as good and much cheaper https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=2747 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Yea I get wire is wire. But i kinda like the way this stuff looks. And now that i am going to biamp the single wire runs that I put in the walls when i built my house ain't gonna cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Thanks @jimjimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 "The tin contributes to a better sound quality by minimizing the skin-effect (lowering the current jumps between the wire surfaces). " This is B.S. Looks like good wire otherwise. The tinning will reduce copper corrosion, but I'm not so sure that is more than an aesthetic issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I used this to re-wire my K's and for long runs to my LS's. Its a few years old and no yellow from off gas or any oxidation (greening) of the wire. It looks great, but no one ever see's it. I have never heard a difference in the speaker wire I use, but I have never bought anything that was questionably small or anything like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Thanks @Max2 I've ordered some up. Like I said now that I am going to biamp all my wire won't be hidden anymore and I like the way this stuff looks. And yea @JohnA it's B.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 13 minutes ago, babadono said: Thanks @Max2 I've ordered some up. Like I said now that I am going to biamp all my wire won't be hidden anymore and I like the way this stuff looks. And yea @JohnA it's B.S. That will look good. check out the jackets or pants or whatever they call them that slip over the ends of the wire as that leaves a really clean look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun K Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Been using KnuKonceptz wire in my cars and home for years now. It's always been good stuff for me, no yellowing or discoloration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efzauner Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 On 4/13/2018 at 11:38 AM, JohnA said: "The tin contributes to a better sound quality by minimizing the skin-effect (lowering the current jumps between the wire surfaces). " This is B.S. Looks like good wire otherwise. The tinning will reduce copper corrosion, but I'm not so sure that is more than an aesthetic issue. I saw that too. I just don't understand where the come up with that other than their ***. Tin would theoretically increase the resistance as it is part of the outer circumference of wire. What they mean by "current jumps" is puzzling. Honest I don't know how skin effect changes between a solid conductor and stranded. Maybe the tining acts as an insulator between strands. If indeed that is the case, then it would allow the current to flow individually in each strand as opposed to the outer layer of the overal wire. But this difference would be so tiny. Theory yes, but practice, no.... it is so easy to make up this BS. It's fun. lots of "audiophiles" simply have no clue and no way of separating even remotely possible physics from total nonsense. And they get very angry when you point that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 On 4/11/2018 at 6:21 PM, efzauner said: Sounds like normal wire.. when the price is right. The description is hilarious though. Can't anyone just sell speaker wire anymore? I like THIS stuff. Apparently, it's "Enhanced loud," I suppose as opposed to enhanced soft? https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=9343 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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