If your wire needs to be that

Or the wires inside the speakers from the binding posts to the xover to the speakers? Or the wires in the amp from the amp section to the binding posts?

Great point. LOL!

You would have to take into account how long your speaker wires are. If you are talking about six inches or 100 feet, your loss and impedance is going to be completely different. You wouldn't run 18 guage wire over 100 feet and expect to have the same sound as a 14 or 12 guage wire, would you?

Do I know thx1138? Am I missing a good joke? Perhaps it was a bad joke :-)


It was an HP34401A. It was calibrated 3/15/05, calibration is good for 1 year. The calibration is NIST traceable per our ISO9000 specs. Sorry I left out these important details! ;-)

It was indeed a bad joke. It was, I think, the first Steven Spielberg movie. And a pretty bad one at that. A network mogul said that the 166 page script was about 106 pages too long and that the movie should have been fifteen minutes....


Yeah, well ME TOO!


Actually, it just totally cracked me up that this question even occurred to my totally anal brain. I had to ask it just to see what you would do, and your sense of humor is intact!

No.
The leads from an electronic component are maybe 1/4" long...

It was George Lucas' first, not Spielberg... and the title is partially considered the source for the name of the THX theater sound criteria system.
The name is also reported to be an acronym for:
Tomlinson
Holman's
Xperiment.

Back on topic, until we see Speakons are on the rear panel of receivers, I guess bananas are as good as it gets for consumer gear...

Bare wire has it's fans, but I use bananas because IMO, they are a more consistent connection with a lower chance of stray conductors shorting together in the tight confines of a multi-channel amp or receiver.

Also, I like the solderless AudioStream models that have their own insulating sleeves that can be changed from the front without re-terminating the wire. Nothing is more frustrating than having to take apart a connection because you forgot to run the wire through the insulating marker in the proper sequence before soldering.

2nd rick, got any more info on these? Google search didn't yield much. Thanks.

AudioStream is like an accessory brand of Paradigm...

The thing is, I haven't been a 'Digm dealer in years, and have used the crappy Sonance bananas. Maybe someone here would order some up and move them sideways (pre-paid of course) in a case lot or partial case lot??

My e-mail is in my profile.

I'd be into that as well. But in the meantime I wouldn't mind seeing a pic or info about them. There is nada on the net that I can find.

What difference does that make? A bottle neck is a bottle neck regardless of length. Measure the resistance of 100' of a single strand of cat and see what you get.

First of all, you are confusing measured resistance with voltage drop of a circuit at full load...

Measure the voltage of the a circuit at the source (power supply, transformer tap, battery, etc.), and then again at full load at any given point in the circuit. This is the true indication of loss in the circuit, not a resistance measurement.

Have you even seen a fuse?? The distances are so short that the efffect on the circuit is minimal.

A lead on a component, or a trace on a crossover board, or a tinsel lead on a driver, are all smaller conductors, yes... but for a VERY SMALL portion of the circuit. The portion of the circuit that has any significant length is what needs to be of the proper gauge to minimize voltage drop.

EBG
Got the referenvce to THX1138...saw it in original release..at a drive-in theatre nite before marriage many many moons ago...hey ..when there was so little SF out there we were happy with what we could get.
tjg