Posted by colinhester [ 65.27.134.38 ] on January 20, 2007 at 23:05:48:

In Reply to: Tweak recommendations from an unexpected source: Me! posted by bill epstein on January 20, 2007 at 19:21:30:

Why not go straight 20ga single strand sivler wire with Teflon jacket? Forty feet of wire will run about $80. Terminate with your favotite connector and be done with it. Also, keep +/- wires spaced, since air is an almost ideal dielectric.

20ga wire will handle about 1.2A of current. Your 45 running 2 watts into 8 ohms will push about 0.5A, even at 4 ohms the current load is only 0.7A. You have plenty of margin.

I think for <$200 you could have a very nice set of cables.

Power calc. link: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohm.htm

Silver wire link: http://www.vt4c.com/shop/program/main.php?cat_id=4&group_id=3&hit_cat=

.....Colin

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