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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo.
Post Subject: You do not have to worry about itPosted by anthony on: 10/7/2017
Romy, my weekend is excellent, truly excellent.  

I was sitting at the cricket watching my son play this morning and I had one of those "eureka" moments.  I realised that when paralleled, the DC resistance of the voice coils (as measured) reduced and that I should have been applying the same "reduction" to the resistance of the paralleled speaker cables, whereas I had been adding them.  This realisation changes everything because all that I really have to worry about now is the amount of current the wire can efficiently transfer, not so much it's DCR, so 16awg is perfectly fine, so is 20awg most likely.  

It also takes ribbon cables completely off the table because when paralleled capacitance increases and I am sure it would get out of hand.

So while having a pleasant morning, talking to friends, the stresses of the world draining slowly away, I was able to realise where I had been going wrong conceptually with this cannon project, and the results are superb.  It's funny how it works sometimes.

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