JohnK,
Not sure if you really understood the construction of the speaker wires. Each finished cable to one speaker is made up from two seperate wires of Belden 89259 which have been cross connected and made into one wire.
The core of the Belden does look to be about 20 some guage - however when you join the core of one wire with the copper wire jacket braid of another (cross connected) it forms a new single wire which looks in diameter to be about 12g.
I have some smaller pieces of Belden 89259 left over and would be willing to construct a pair of jumpers for the purpose of testing. I would be willing to send them to Axiom for testing on any of their speakers which have dual binding posts and are currently using factory metal jumpers. So the metal strap jumpers would be replaced with the cross connected Belden 89259 jumpers to see if there is an improvement in sound quality.
If there is an improvement in sound quality I think I should win a free upgrade from my still relatively new M60's to M80's. If no sound improvement I am out my time for construction, material, and postage for the Belden jumpers.
What do you think let the experts test it out. A real test would be with a pair of Belden jumpers and a pair of 8ft Belden speaker wires. I would have to get 18ft of Belden but I am confident enough to put my time and money where my mouth is. I could even supply a pair of Phoenix Gold 12g speaker wire for the comparison.
Last edited by Steven; 10/12/02 11:07 AM.
