Would you be willing to test the Speaker cable I have which uses Mogami coax cables, Cardas billet Spades Rhodium plated and cold welding? Instead of the 4 wire, it is 14 AWG co-ax, dual runs that is the equivalent of 11 AWG. Using dual runs will double the capacitance and 1/2 the inductance plus some other effects of the dual runs. Having lower inductance should theoretically improve the bass while the higher capacitance will roll off the highs but that roll off point is dependent on the system amp and speaker impedance and should be well above the 20 khz. I have ESL's so the lower inductance really helps and it will be good to see it on other speakers, especially since you are doing the comparisons right now. If interested send me a PM.
Hello Mr. Merrill,
I appreciate the offer of testing out your cables.
I was looking into the Mogami cables you describe above which I believe are the MOGAMI #3082 series based on your description. In comparing the specs of the 3082 verses the 3104 Quad that I am using now for speaker cables I am seeing (as you mentioned) a big difference in Capacitance between the two but very little difference in Inductance.
The #3082 does certainly have an advantage with a slightly lower Inductance but I wonder if the trade off would be worth it considering the major Capacitance difference between the the two wires? It seems like having a great deal more Capacitance (potential rolling off of high freq) and what also looks like a higher resistance value when compared to the #3104 is more of a negative strike against the #3082 as a whole. Thoughts?
Listed below is the comparision I was able to dig up>
Mogami #3104
Capacitance:
Wires 1-2 @ 1Khz
99pF/m
(30.2pF/Ft)
Wires 1-3 @ 1kHz
78pF/m
(23.8pF/Ft)
Inductance Wires 1-4 @ 1kHZ
0.6µH/m(0.18µH/Ft)
DC Resistance
0.005?/m(0.0015?/Ft)
MOGAMI #3082
Capacitance at 1kHz
253pF/m(77pF/Ft)
Inductance @ 1kHz
0.4µH/m(0.12µH/Ft)
DC Resistance
0.009?/m(0.0027?/Ft)