River Cable Flexygy 8 Speaker Cable Review
River Cable Flexygy 8 Flat Speaker Cable
Summary
- Product Name: Flexygy 8 Flat Speaker Cable
- Manufacturer: River Cable
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- Review Date: September 20, 2005
- MSRP: $373.69 (3 meter pair)
- Specifications
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- 8 x 16 AWG in parallel, for an aggregate value of 7 AWG
- Bi-wire effective gauge, source end: 10 AWG
- Bi-wire effective gauge, target end: 13 AWG
- Straight configuration effective gauge, both ends: 10AWG
- Hyper fine stranded 4 Sigma laminar copper
- 0.020" conductor insulation with 0.030" lead- and cadmium-free polymer jacket
- 1.130" wide x 0.210" thick (28.7mm x 5.3mm)
- Exclusive gold plated expanding banana plugs, gold plated pins, or gold 1/4" spade cable lugs
Electrical Characteristics
- Capacitance: 10 pF/ft
- DC Resistance: 0.003 ohms/ft
- Velocity Factor: 0.87
- Inductance: 300 nHy/ft
Note: Available as single cables or cable pairs in both
straight and bi-wire configurations
Pros
- Excellent fit and finish
- Snake Oil Free
- Customizable design
- Great for under-carpet installs
Cons
- Expensive
- Difficult to differentiate conductors in low lit room
Introduction
In “straight” configuration, the Flexygy 8 is an 8 conductor (4 paralleled hot and return wires) with an aggregate gauge of 7AWG and effective gauge of 10AWG. You can also opt for bi-wire configurations where each pair has an effective gauge at each speaker terminal of 13AWG. I prefer to use a high quality single wired solution as opposed to a bi-wired one. Bi-wiring offers very few advantages over single wired solutions, but typically several disadvantages such as doubling of pair to pair capacitance seen by the amplifier, increasing cable costs, and furthering cable clutter by doubling up on your cables to each speaker.
