i agree that a bigger/thicker wire can be less resistant when the smaller wire was really too small for the requested electricity flow.
if you try to shove the audio through the smaller wire by increasing the voltage, the wire will get warm (or even hot enough to melt) and the audio will have the unique sound of compression.
that is not to say that a thicker wire cant be custom ordered to sound the same, but flow more voltage with greater ease.
how to find it and how much would be an experience
but i also know that a wire that is too thick will again start to bring the resistance back up.
there is a point where the simple number of extra strands will bring the resistance back up.
say you have 200 strands of 0.5 ohm wire in the cord.
that equals 100 ohms
but
a 400 strand cord with 0.25 ohm wire will also equal 100 ohms
maybe it is worth it to consider the 'copper clad aluminum' approach.
i dont know what the resistance of the aluminum is.
but
the aluminum can add a characteristic to the sound, while allowing the guage to increase.
there was quite some talk about copper clad aluminum wire for use as a power cord for amplifiers in car audio.
a 0 guage copper clad aluminum cord would be 0 guage in size, but it would function like a 4 guage cord.
however, i believe there is some reason that the aluminum was introduced.
maybe it allows for more of the tiny sparks to pass along.
because copper has been used for hundreds of years and has been known to carry raw current.
i dont know if the aluminum was added to increase the fidelity of the amperage (or even the voltage)
but
the same benefit might not apply to audio signals, since the signal changes much more.
i really havent read into it that much, because i always thought if i was going to transfer current, i would stick to something i know works.
i dont have the spare money to try different combinations and see for myself.
and when i planned on running about 1,500 watts in the vehicle.. i again dont have the money for trial and error.
i'm not trying to give advice towards something that is going to be the same problem or worse.
as i said, i havent read about it in detail at all.
and as one cord might be combined with aluminum.. another might be combined with tin.
as i have seen some wires with tin on the ends of the cord for connection surface area.
i'm sure copper can do a lot of things.. but there are other metals out there that can be combined to really open doors to an option that can help customize the sound from the cord.
and if the cord is helping a problem with the speakers, by all means it might prove to be appropriate.
it was said previously in this thread, a wire's characteristics can sometimes change with age.
i suspect the same to be true with other metals added.
for what it is worth, maybe you are suggesting something on your behalf of some wire you are dealing with.
when you allow the compression of the electrons to be shoved backwards towards the source, without arguement, i dont see how a release time is difficult.
its a matter of two variables, release and absorption.
a 'generic' specification could be to use each end of the cord to measure an impedance reading.
but that certainly doesnt provide you with a measurement of time.
that is important, as it may come as a shock to see two cords with the same resistance delivering the power at different speeds of time.
impedance isnt often talked about as having the ability to be converted into a unit of time.. and there should be good reason for it.
as absorption and release are two different actions.
have you ever felt a cord from an electric heater?
sometimes the end of the cord by the wall outlet gets warm and the rest of the cord is cool.
if resistance and the flow of electricity was constant and uniform, the entire cord would be warm.
i have noticed this to be easier to see when dealing with vacuums.
some cords are hot for only a couple inches (up to half a foot), and other cords can be warm for 3 ft.
i experienced this growing up as a kid, so i cant hold certainty that the same display can be had today.
i know my electric heater cord gets warm for only a few inches, and the vacuum cord gets warm for a foot or so.
based on the electron compression described above.. if the vacuum is 'sucking' from the wall outlet, then those electrons that move closer to the wall outlet will then be violently drawn back into the cord towards the motor.. creating the warmth felt in the cord.
how fast you can think and how fast you can talk are two different things.. but both of them are said to be your thoughts.
a car can sometimes brake faster than it can speed up.. but both are units of traveling.
units are groups, as variables are within a unit and are individualized.
absorption and release are both a part of electricity flow.. making the flow a unit.
that could lead to the impedance being a unit measurement rather than a variable measurement.
i dont know which one is politically correct.. but i believe one of them MUST be talking about both, while the other one is either the absorption time or the release time.
but
i see how it can be confusing, based on the electrons compressing and pushing the electricity forward.
you have to realize that the electron (or whatever atom is used) should be respected to say that the absorption and release are different.
maybe you first need to ask yourself 'is it impossible?'
if somebody says something to you, your brain might come up with a reply faster than your mouth can spit out the words.
we are talking about 'you' and not the brain and mouth being different.
it is a matter of perspective, respect, and rationality.
now lets have a look at the word rationality.
inside the word contains another word - ration
have you ever heard people talk about a food portion being a ration?
i have heard it, and they used to say it back in like the 1800's (and maybe the 1950's and 1960's)
a ration is a portion of the same food.
say you have a whole turkey and cut it up into sections.
each section is then a ration.
the cutting of the turkey is the problem, as each individual piece (leg, breast, thigh) isnt being accounted for.
if one was to tell me that an electron simply and always passes along electricity at the same rate for both actions.. first i would ask how an electron absorbs electricity in the first place.
and then..
i would conclude that there is something else attached to the electron causing the input and output difference.
what would be a logical thing to attach to the electron?
a dielectric is the first thing that comes to mind.
as a dielectric can allow an extremely long cable to maintain a resistance regardless of what the length is.
that is how coax cable used by cable companies and satellite companies are always 75 ohms
doesnt matter if the cord is 3 ft or a spool of 500 ft .. the resistance is always 75 ohms.
it is really neat and worthy of thought, and if you are having any problems with your wires.. it might be well enough to start researching upgrades to be one step closer to perfection.
i mean, to put it blank..
you said 'i cant see how you say resistance going is different than resistance going out'
and that is simpler to explain.. as i can see where the confusion is.
as the first electron absorbs the electricity, that electron pushes on the next electron.
because the electron would then not actually absorb the electricity, it would run away from it as if it was scared.
then as the electron is running away, it bumps into another electron and shoves it to try and run away.
that 2nd electron is then forced to bump into another electron, and the chain of movement down the wire happens.
that means the electrons are running away all the way until the electron meets the voice coil of the speaker.
but that suggests there is a transfer of electrons from the speaker wire to the wire of the voice coil.
it might be bragging rights to say the electron doesnt ever actually touch the electricity, but instead runs away from it.
but with water as an example.. if the water ever bumps into anything, the wave will travel backwards in the direction it came from.
those going forwards and backwards is how the wire affects the sound quality by coloring the sound.
it would be better to have each atomic particle actually absorb the electricity and each atomic particle touching the first atom actually sucks the electricity away from the first one.
that means you have to fill up the wire with electricity until it is full, then the electricity will flow extremely fast because each instance of more electricity being added is like adding more water to a bowl that is already full.
the exact moment you add more water, the water is going to go over the edge of the bowl.
that is also how coloring can happen.
one because of how the atomic particles handle the electricity.
two because of if/when the wire becomes less than over-flowing.
if the electrons have the ability to jump from one wire to the next, that could lead to a wire that is running low or even empty of electrons.
when the atomic particles dont leave or move, but simply steal the electricity from eachother.. there is hardly a chance for those atomic particles to escape and causing a bad wire.
it also makes more sense to say that when each atomic particle is sucking up the energy, that is how the resistance is created.
so you choose which method you want to believe.
because i am having a difficult time using electrons as an example.
and think about it, if electrons run away from the electricity.. what happens when there is no more room to run?
do they then FINALLY start to absorb the electricity and pass it along as other electrons are also forced to absorb the electricity?
because that would explain why electrons are so very eager to release the electricity, since they are 'scared' of it.
but i find it hard to believe that an electron can move in the wire and not run right out of the edge of the cord without needing to be refilled with electrons.
i would think the electron example needs a refill more often than the other example i provided.
and that means the cord will last for almost forever, except maybe when corrosion happens.
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