Leaving aside the audiophile-targeted wire products, I perceive two broad classes of speaker wire available for purchase:
- Copper clad aluminum (CCA) - less costly
- Oxygen free copper (OFC) - more costly
Any functional difference?
Related, Revel's manuals for speakers in the Ultima2, PerformaBe, and Performa3 lines specify
They warn that
An associated table maps wire length to wire gauge. With routing, gauges in the 9-11 range may be required for rear room placements:
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The Concerta2 product manuals are silent on this topic. Presumably their filter networks are more resistant to mis-termination?
Is this real?