[quote=Steve Schell;1831755]
Westend9, Mr. Wismer may have had it exactly right, I don't know. I have read that higher frequencies travel along the outside ("skin") of the wire while low frequencies travel at a slower speed through the wire core, causing "time smear" and consequent damage to all those golden eared audiophile subtleties
Thanks Steve having said that I just tried to explain how it was explained to me.Right or Wrong I don't know. Difference so slight that us regular folks(Mediocre Ears)couldn't tell the difference.
I don't know about all of this, but have noticed that fine magnet wire sounds mo' better to me and so I go with what works.
And that is what I was going to say that you should use what is best for you.I chose to delete my posts because I didn't want to get in the middle of another wire "WAR".I just wished you were here more often.As I really enjoy your posts and I can learn quite a bit from your obviously extensive wisdom. 1

Let me stress that I am not saying this fine stuff is for everybody. I am running field coil compression driver horn systems with around 108dB sensitivity, so the current flowing in my speaker cables is minimal. I drive my horn subwoofer from a separate SS amplifier, so I "man up" and use something like 18 gauge for this!
Agreed ! I'm driving my speakers at the moment with SS 200 watts per channel,for me the 26 gauge is too thin I think, so "Manning Up" was necessary 1.The 26 gauge would be perfect for tubes with say 20-30 watt.I don't know how many of us are using field coil drivers, as they are quite expensive.My point was for fine stranded wire as opposed to solid wire really, regardless of gauge AWG.IMHO

Thanks again Steve !! Kind Regards ~ John