[Elecraft] [OT] Zip Wire Misrepresentation?

[Fred Jensen]

No Rick, they have developed a new plating process [Cu on Cu] that makes 
12 ga wire perform like 10 ga wire.  Now, if you wanted to use it for 
speaker wire, you would need yet another plating to prevent audio 
distortion and achieve the highest fidelity.  That makes it more expensive.

At least that's what I saw on the Internet and you're not allowed to put 
anything on the Internet that isn't true ...

73,

Fred K6DGW
Sparks NV
Washoe County DM09dn

On 8/11/2016 8:21 AM, rick jones via Elecraft wrote:
> I just bought 20' of what was supposed to be 10GA zip wire from that
> auction site. It is clearly marked as "Audiopipe 10 Gauge speaker
> cable". The conductor is actually 12GA at best. Is this becoming
> common practice or is wire going the way of 2X4 lumber?