Quote Originally Posted by kipduff View Post
My apologies- I am unable to search forums- keep getting message: "connection to 127.0.0.1:9312 failed (errno=111, msg=Connection refused)".

Looking for recommendations for wiring between Xovers and drivers. Need to run about 1.5 foot wiring between my GPA N604-8A Xovers and 604-8K LF and HF drivers. These Xovers currently have about 3' of apparently 14ga wires. My instinct at this point is for smaller gauge shorter wiring- I can run short because I am going to temporarily build open baffles with Xovers mounted near drivers. I'm using the JEL/Japanese 31.5" X 36.5" design for this quick build- building myself from 3/4" birch ply. I know open baffle is not an ideal set up, but I bought these speakers about 4 months ago and haven't been able to listen to them yet. Don't have time or space for proper enclosure at this point and curriosity is killing me. I know Jeff Markwart mentioned a version of "vampire" brand wire, but I think is no longer available. I am using a 300B tube amp with Audio Research Corp. speaker cables. Any consensus/things people are happy with?

Thanks. Kip.........
Kip,

I listened to a lot of different types of wire over the years on Altec compression drivers, but always heard low-level white noise in the horn output regardless of the type of wire used. That changed forever when I tried some long-crystal continuous cast copper from Vampire and instead heard total background silence, even with my ear stuck inside the horn's mouth! I've used it for both cabling and hookup wire ever since. I used to buy it in bulk directly from the distributor when I was building speakers, so it may only be available now directly in small quantities from retail re-sellers. A quick search of the web shows that Ohno style long-crystal copper wire is still available from other vendors. Well worth it if you like dead silent backgrounds from your horns and a very transparent sounding wire overall.

Jeff