Is all copper wire oxygen free

[fo0manchu 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif Guilty of using AudioQuest Type 6 myself. But just as you said, I wanted something that had good solid terminations (banana BFA) and would last a long time.

whew!! $$$ u crazy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif But they sure do look great!!

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

"Hear the roar of a train from left to right from just two visible speakers positioned in the front of your room."

ummm,,It only takes two speakers to hear left and right channels. Notice they never actually claim that the rear channels sound like they are behind you. Very strategic marketing.

I watched the infomercial and it was going on about the reproduction of freqs from all sides of you, from some special technology were the sound fills the entire room or something. They even said these 2 speakers replace 5 channel home surround sound systems thanks to this technology.

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

lol, did you go ahead and order a couple of sets??? I'm sure, according to the infomercial, that you will never be able to get the great deal on them they were offering. Sorry I missed out on that. lol

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

I hope you're not trying to be condescending.

If not, then yes i bought 14 of them.

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

No way man.

I'd probably order up about 14 of them myself had I not already missed out on the once in a lifetime deal that your scored on your 14.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

The wire for sell at Lowe's is not oxygen free and will rust. Rather quickly I might add in a trunk if not covered. I would reccomend using OFC. Not a car audio expert, but would assume rust would casuse some SQ issues. I think other posts compared ofc to non-ofc, not-to-rusted non ofc

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

The wire for sell at Lowe's is not oxygen free and will rust.

Like I said in my post, if you have everything properly installed, rust shouldn't be a concern - there shouldn't be that much moisture getting into your system. I'm running 14awg stranded wire from Lowe's for my front speakers, and I can't remember if it's OFC or not (most likely not, for 27 cents a foot) - but I'm not getting any corrosion issues with it, and that's out in the open, exposed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

I should have gone into marketing/sales...it must be really nice not to be bound by the physical laws of the universe.
Maybe I'll try it sometime.

lol!go for it jack!

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Like I said in my post, if you have everything properly installed, rust shouldn't be a concern - there shouldn't be that much moisture getting into your system.

It's not a concern at all.

I just asked the same question at Carsound and Manville dug up some great info.

OFC was originally developed for use in high temp applications. It has nothing to do with rate of corrosion. Non-OFC wire (ETP) reacts with Hydrogen at high temps and gets brittle which causes it to break easier. OFC was developed for use in components such as generators where high temps and vibration are common. Electrical properties are essentially identical.