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What do you use
Same as your speaker cable or different wire
What do you use in your cubes doc
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Thankyou doc
But why the use of different wire from the speaker cable
Is it cost or somthing i dont know about
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Internal speaker and amp wiring is very short. NVA speaker cables are not from a reel they are made up from a number of cores. So are built to the length ordered, it would be impossible to feck around with small lengths just for internal wiring. I use the cable listing I gave you for flexible connections, for all others I use 14 16 and 18 SWG (depending on where used) TCW for the wiring that doesn't have to move. For example http://www.rapidonline.com/cables-conne ... wire-62485.

So solid bar if I can and flexible if I can't in both amps and speakers.

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Would this be the same/similar to the wiring of my 90's Cube 3's, Doc?

Looks to be a single silver(?) strand.

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I don't remember, anyway those speaker had been well fecked around with before you got them. If you like what they sound like don't change it. A foot or two of cable is pretty meaningless unless it is really crap cable like bell wire.

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Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote:Internal speaker and amp wiring is very short. NVA speaker cables are not from a reel they are made up from a number of cores. So are built to the length ordered, it would be impossible to feck around with small lengths just for internal wiring. I use the cable listing I gave you for flexible connections, for all others I use 14 16 and 18 SWG (depending on where used) TCW for the wiring that doesn't have to move. For example http://www.rapidonline.com/cables-conne ... wire-62485.

So solid bar if I can and flexible if I can't in both amps and speakers.
Thanks for that doc very interesting
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This explains most of the whys, but this was 1992 I think so some things have changed as in full acrylic cases and ClassII construction but the cable reasoning is the same.

http://www.nvahifi.co.uk/richard-dunn-interview

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Remember reading that years ago - The above interview and yer old site, was what prompted me to check out NVA gear.

Glad I read it's saved me a wee fortune. :guiness;

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But would any speaker not sound better if it was the same wire from amp to speaker instead off say one make off wire in amp ;;one from amp to speaker sockets ;; then from speaker socket to speaker cone so three different makes\grade off wire
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