connect 2 different wire gauge to pos and neg speaker terminal

Hi Jim,

As often occurs when this kind of subject comes up, ambiguity and/or imprecise use of terminology muddles the issue. If you replace his use of the word "charge" with the words "charge carrier," I think what he says then becomes pretty much correct.

As explained by Kijanki with the balls in a tube analogy, and as alluded to in my long post in this thread dated 8-23-2017 at 7:08 p.m. EDT (although what I said in that post was stated in terms signal energy rather than charge), charge propagates at near light speed, while charge carriers (electrons, in the case of a metallic conductor) move very slowly. And current, defined in terms of amperes, is proportional to the average number of charge carriers traversing a given cross-section of the conductor per unit time.

Best regards,
-- Al

I'm still thinking about the question. 😛

geoffkait
6,475 posts 09-04-2017 2:52pm

I’m still thinking about the question. 😛

Well that’s good isn’t it? At least you’re thinking about something other than photons .

Protons? That is SO funny! 😄 You get the Laughing Goat award for the funniest post of the weekend. 

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@almarg this has become a fascinating thread. I’ve a quick question:
I’ve built a few cables in consultation with Steve (williewonka) and his ideas. Basically, the neutral in his cables is doubled and wrapped around the signal or hot conductor. My question is this: to lessen inductance, typically cables are tightly twisted, since the induced magnetic field is strongest further out. If the two conductors are spaced widely enough apart, will this also lessen the effects of induction? What about orientation? I'm under the impression that cables crossing at right angles won't induce currents in each other.

Thanks. I’m trying to make sense of all this as well. I do like the performance of Steve’s design. I’d like to understand the ’why’ a bit more.