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<blockquote data-quote="pwatts" data-source="post: 1075016" data-attributes="member: 146"><p>Installations are of course fine. End-user cables that are bent, moved, twisted and torqued like a typical kettle cord is a different matter. Mount a piece of surfix on a normal prop and give it a lot of twists and yanks. In either order, the wire might pull out of the screw connection or a conductor will eventually crack. Cheap solid-core just wasn't made for that purpose. In the horrid days of Audioquest pushing speaker cables filled with 12 bundles of solid-core the only usable method was with factory-terminated (literally welded) banana/spade plugs.</p><p>In addition, contact resistance and corrosion are more prominent with solid-core than with multistrand - sure it works in installations but OP is trying to build a 'hi-fi' cable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pwatts, post: 1075016, member: 146"] Installations are of course fine. End-user cables that are bent, moved, twisted and torqued like a typical kettle cord is a different matter. Mount a piece of surfix on a normal prop and give it a lot of twists and yanks. In either order, the wire might pull out of the screw connection or a conductor will eventually crack. Cheap solid-core just wasn't made for that purpose. In the horrid days of Audioquest pushing speaker cables filled with 12 bundles of solid-core the only usable method was with factory-terminated (literally welded) banana/spade plugs. In addition, contact resistance and corrosion are more prominent with solid-core than with multistrand - sure it works in installations but OP is trying to build a 'hi-fi' cable. [/QUOTE]
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