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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyKenKid" data-source="post: 7429250" data-attributes="member: 579796"><p>Hey everyone thanks for waiting this out for so long. The reason it took me so long to get part 2 of 3 of this review up is Canada post was on strike for a good month and you can imagine the mess that made!</p><p></p><p>At any rate here we go with part 2 of 3. I will be reviewing these brands in the same fashion as I did previously. Here are the 7 brands</p><p></p><p><strong>Audiopipe </strong>- Supplied by sacsking916 on CA.com</p><p></p><p><strong>Bullz Audio</strong> - Supplied by J@SouthSlap on SSA.com</p><p></p><p><strong>IXOS </strong>- Supplied by Fusetrapper on ebay.com</p><p></p><p><strong>Kicker </strong>- Supplied by Audio4ever on CA.com</p><p></p><p><strong>Mobilespec </strong>- Supplied by yet again Audio4ever on CA.com</p><p></p><p><strong>Flex-A-Prene</strong> Welding Wire - Supplied by faizal_jamal on ebay.com</p><p></p><p><strong>Shoc OFC</strong> (current discontinued) - Supplied by siccostyle's</p><p></p><p>I would first like to say thankyou to everyone who donated wire to me and or made it very cheap for me to purchase. If you notice I said this is part 2 of 3. Part 3 of 3 will consist of 3 brands, IXOS, KNU KOL, Monster being load tested with a clamp meter and a carbon pile load tester of about max ~500 amps, This will be a two man event more on that later.</p><p></p><p>Now onto the info!</p><p></p><p><strong>Subjective review</strong></p><p></p><p>14. <strong>Flex-A-Prene Welding wire </strong>wasn't to easy to flex and bend but it was do-able, one thing worthy of mention is there was a cardboard liner on the inside of the jacket it made a cool noise when I cut it. also I noticed that these strands were a lot thicker and were straight. The price on this wire which I found on ebay which was being sold as fork truck/ welding wire was quite reasonable and down to earth, the only down side to it was it had the least conductor OD of all the wires viewed today.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Prene.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/PreneGuts.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>15. <strong>Audiopipe</strong>, this wire was difficult to bend, and the cost was very cheap! The price I found was on ebay and it came to 1.54$ per foot, but worthy to say the conductor OD was on the average size so this will get an average rating although I suspect this from CCA wiring</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Audiopipe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>16. <strong>Bullz Audio</strong> was another one of those super hard ones to bend but it was also the cheapest wire I was able to find, with the cost being 1.06$, and Conduct OD was also average on it.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/BullzAudio.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>17. <strong>IXOS</strong>, is the next on the chopping block. This wire is what some would call the holy grail, or rather an infamous wire as it was the most expensive wire I have reviewed. The bend-a-bily of this wire was extremely easy to bend and offered little resistance, and yet again the conductor OD was yet again average.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/IXOS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>18. <strong>Kicker</strong>, yet again another fan favorite, this one was also very easy to bend and the conductor OD was above average here. the only down side was the price tag.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Kicker.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>19. <strong>Mobilespec</strong>, a brand I personally haven't heard of and it was a bit hard to find a price tag on this wire but I eventually did and I got 3.7$, which is a bit high, the bendy-ness of this wire was horrid and the conductor OD was under the average overall this wire wouldn't be my favorite pic.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/MobileSpec.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>20. And last but not least<strong> Shoc Competition OFC</strong> wiring. This wire was very easy to beind and one of my favorites to bend! The price is unknown as it is currently discontinued from what I can tell, and it has the average conductor OD of the wires viewed today.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/ShocOFC.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>and to wrap it up have a quick look at this!</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Wires2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Well this has been a long and drawn out subjective review filled with lots of pictures, I hope you all have enjoyed it and I would like to give my subjective top picks and my closing thoughts at this time.</p><p></p><p>Out of all the wire I was able to play around with my favorite pic from the OFC side of wires was a tie between <strong>Knu KOL</strong>, <strong>IXOS</strong>, <strong>Flex-A-Prene</strong>. These wires will always get my nod of approval because they are easy to bend and they don't cost that much, along with a nice amount of copper in them to support a fair amount of current flow. Any of those three listed above would/ should be able to suit anyone needs.</p><p></p><p>My top picks for CCA wiring would have to be <strong>Cadence </strong>and<strong> KNU KCA.</strong> Both of those wires showed great amounts of CCA in them and very flexible to bend around a tight corner! Again I have never used CCA wiring before but if I ever had to or wanted to switch I would most definitively pick one of those two.</p><p></p><p>Here is the original for comparison</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Wires.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyKenKid, post: 7429250, member: 579796"] Hey everyone thanks for waiting this out for so long. The reason it took me so long to get part 2 of 3 of this review up is Canada post was on strike for a good month and you can imagine the mess that made! At any rate here we go with part 2 of 3. I will be reviewing these brands in the same fashion as I did previously. Here are the 7 brands [B]Audiopipe [/B]- Supplied by sacsking916 on CA.com [B]Bullz Audio[/B] - Supplied by J@SouthSlap on SSA.com [B]IXOS [/B]- Supplied by Fusetrapper on ebay.com [B]Kicker [/B]- Supplied by Audio4ever on CA.com [B]Mobilespec [/B]- Supplied by yet again Audio4ever on CA.com [B]Flex-A-Prene[/B] Welding Wire - Supplied by faizal_jamal on ebay.com [B]Shoc OFC[/B] (current discontinued) - Supplied by siccostyle's I would first like to say thankyou to everyone who donated wire to me and or made it very cheap for me to purchase. If you notice I said this is part 2 of 3. Part 3 of 3 will consist of 3 brands, IXOS, KNU KOL, Monster being load tested with a clamp meter and a carbon pile load tester of about max ~500 amps, This will be a two man event more on that later. Now onto the info! [B]Subjective review[/B] 14. [B]Flex-A-Prene Welding wire [/B]wasn't to easy to flex and bend but it was do-able, one thing worthy of mention is there was a cardboard liner on the inside of the jacket it made a cool noise when I cut it. also I noticed that these strands were a lot thicker and were straight. The price on this wire which I found on ebay which was being sold as fork truck/ welding wire was quite reasonable and down to earth, the only down side to it was it had the least conductor OD of all the wires viewed today. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Prene.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/PreneGuts.jpg[/IMG] 15. [B]Audiopipe[/B], this wire was difficult to bend, and the cost was very cheap! The price I found was on ebay and it came to 1.54$ per foot, but worthy to say the conductor OD was on the average size so this will get an average rating although I suspect this from CCA wiring [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Audiopipe.jpg[/IMG] 16. [B]Bullz Audio[/B] was another one of those super hard ones to bend but it was also the cheapest wire I was able to find, with the cost being 1.06$, and Conduct OD was also average on it. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/BullzAudio.jpg[/IMG] 17. [B]IXOS[/B], is the next on the chopping block. This wire is what some would call the holy grail, or rather an infamous wire as it was the most expensive wire I have reviewed. The bend-a-bily of this wire was extremely easy to bend and offered little resistance, and yet again the conductor OD was yet again average. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/IXOS.jpg[/IMG] 18. [B]Kicker[/B], yet again another fan favorite, this one was also very easy to bend and the conductor OD was above average here. the only down side was the price tag. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Kicker.jpg[/IMG] 19. [B]Mobilespec[/B], a brand I personally haven't heard of and it was a bit hard to find a price tag on this wire but I eventually did and I got 3.7$, which is a bit high, the bendy-ness of this wire was horrid and the conductor OD was under the average overall this wire wouldn't be my favorite pic. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/MobileSpec.jpg[/IMG] 20. And last but not least[B] Shoc Competition OFC[/B] wiring. This wire was very easy to beind and one of my favorites to bend! The price is unknown as it is currently discontinued from what I can tell, and it has the average conductor OD of the wires viewed today. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/ShocOFC.jpg[/IMG] and to wrap it up have a quick look at this! [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Wires2.jpg[/IMG] Well this has been a long and drawn out subjective review filled with lots of pictures, I hope you all have enjoyed it and I would like to give my subjective top picks and my closing thoughts at this time. Out of all the wire I was able to play around with my favorite pic from the OFC side of wires was a tie between [B]Knu KOL[/B], [B]IXOS[/B], [B]Flex-A-Prene[/B]. These wires will always get my nod of approval because they are easy to bend and they don't cost that much, along with a nice amount of copper in them to support a fair amount of current flow. Any of those three listed above would/ should be able to suit anyone needs. My top picks for CCA wiring would have to be [B]Cadence [/B]and[B] KNU KCA.[/B] Both of those wires showed great amounts of CCA in them and very flexible to bend around a tight corner! Again I have never used CCA wiring before but if I ever had to or wanted to switch I would most definitively pick one of those two. Here is the original for comparison [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/CcCrazy/Wires/Wires.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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