Mike Lindsey Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 I'm getting ready for my new TV tomorrow and have had to move my equipment from below the TV to above it. This meant having to cut new speaker wire since I was gonna need about 6-7 more feet for each speaker. It looks like I can use the old Sub cable which was hooked to my Samson amp and wire it up to my right speaker. While I was hooking it up, I noticed that a large portion of the internal 12g wire, went from copper to silver. Did something happen to this cable? Can I still use it or should I cut another one? Thanks, Mike ------------------ Family Room ----------- Hitachi 43UWX10B HDTV (16:9) Denon AVR-4800 Panasonic DVD-RP91K Dual CS-5000 Turntable w/Shure V15V-MR DBX 3bx Series III Range Expander Klipsch Epic CF-2's (mains) Klipsch KLF-C7 (center) Klipsch RS-3's (surrounds) SVS 20-39CS Sub w/Samson S700 Amp Monster HTS-3500 Line Conditioner Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2100 Digital Cable box Bedroom ------- Yamaha M-4 Amp Yamaha C-4 Preamp Yamaha T-7 Tuner Teac DVD Player Dual CS-721 Turntable w/B&O MMC2 Looking for a pair of Heresy's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted August 22, 2001 Share Posted August 22, 2001 The description seems odd. There is a not uncommon construction of "zip cord". The insulation is clear. One wire is bare copper. The other is "tinned". This means it is coated with solder which is 60% tin and 40% lead. The coating is a white metal in appearance, like elemental silver. I believe the use of tinning on one conductor is just to allow identification of polarity. I.e. which you're using as ground and hot. Is there some chance you're observing something like this? In any case, I'd certainly not worry about the color, or color change. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckt Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 A lot of zip cord is sold with one conductor tinned to use for polarity purposes. Also some zip cord may have a flat edge on one conductor and a round edge for the other conductor. Usually if a copper cable has problems, it tends to get very dark (starting to oxide) and sometimes develops a green corrosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted August 23, 2001 Author Share Posted August 23, 2001 Thanks guys...you were right! One is copper and the other is approx. 40% silver. This was 12ga bought at Home Depot for around $.30/ft. I'm curious if this is decent enough or should I be using something better? Thanks again, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 Hey there Mike.If that is the wire with the plasticky cover,the clear cover is prone to split.I would be careful with it when stripping because it sometimes splits and may cause a short.The best wire/VALUE I have found is the Sound King wire from Parts Express. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7 Keith OOPS,try www.partsexpress.com and do a search for part # 100-155 This message has been edited by talktoKeith on 08-23-2001 at 01:30 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted August 23, 2001 Author Share Posted August 23, 2001 Thanks, Keith! I'll check it out... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 If you aare a "cabley" kind of guy then you will reject any cable with the two mis-matched materials for the positive and negative conductors...that is unless the manufacturer has written a "white paper" describing why the negatively charged electrons utilize the tinned conductor to maximize sonic benefits and the positively charged one uses the twisted copper bundle for quantum physics reasons...otherwise ignore this issue entirely...regards, tony ------------------ *1993 K-Horns w/ ALK x-overs *Marantz 7T preamp *Dynaco MkIV monoblocks (modded to triode) *Sony CDP-CX350 and CX-230 CD changers *MSB link DACIII (96k upsampling) *MSB silver digital director (switching and jitter reduction) *Technics M-85 professional Cassette Deck *SAE MK VIII tuner *Luxman PD-272 turntable, Grado Red cartridge *Cardas Crosslink speaker cable *Monster M550i for all interconnects *Monster HTS3500 Reference Powercenter Conditioner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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