AudioQuest 1000 Speaker connectors or 1007 series. What is the difference?

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AudioQuest 1000 Speaker connectors or 1007 What is the difference?
From what I can tell the 1007 uses purple copper and can accommodate up to 7ga. while the 1000 uses red copper and can accommodate up to 9ga.

I am having trouble finding the 1000 series, perhaps has it been replaced by the 1007?

Which is better sounding?

ozzy
 
I have found that the 1007 is part of the 1000 series. All the 1000 series are made from red copper while the 500 series use purple copper, which is supposed to be not as pure as the red copper.

ozzy
 
ozzy said:
I have found that the 1007 is part of the 1000 series. All the 1000 series are made from red copper while the 500 series use purple copper, which is supposed to be not as pure as the red copper.

ozzy
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LMAO, if you think at a speaker connection you're gonna tell the difference !!! For the record red / purple the purity level is pretty much the same, the purple meaning nothing more than a thin layer of oxidation
 
If it makes no difference, then why use the red copper instead of the purple? Because the purple is a lesser grade.
I don't believe you know what you are talking about.

ozzy
 
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ozzy said:
If it makes no difference, then why use the red copper instead of the purple? Because the purple is a lesser grade.
I don't believe you know what you are talking about.

ozzy
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and you do ?? LMAO, do a little research young man :rolleyes:
 
The internet summary. Dave is correct.

Bottom line

Purple copper wire is almost always the result of thin oxide layers interacting with light, typically from heat exposure, and is usually harmless unless accompanied by brittleness, corrosion, or insulation damage.
 
ozzy said:
AudioQuest 1000 Speaker connectors or 1007 What is the difference?
From what I can tell the 1007 uses purple copper and can accommodate up to 7ga. while the 1000 uses red copper and can accommodate up to 9ga.

I am having trouble finding the 1000 series, perhaps has it been replaced by the 1007?

Which is better sounding?

ozzy
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That is my understanding - 1000 was the older common model designation before AQ started differentiating based on max gauge. They now have 1007 and 1009. I have cables with both 1000 and 1009 and probably 1007 in there too, plus a bunch of extra connectors of each. If there is a quality or sonic difference, I sure as hell can’t tell it. Great connectors, except the tendency to tarnish.

Two 10 awg cables makes 7 awg, which you get if you biwire with two of their big cables (Thunderbird, Firebird, Dragon) on amp end. Their older big cables were 9 awg so if you used two of those you’d get 6 awg. I think they make a 1005 to cover that.

I once had a double biwire 8ft Everest - should’ve kept it just for the 2.25 pounds of pure silver content! Sonically I think it was just too much metal (capacitance), which comes off as brightness. I should’ve broken it up to separate pairs.
 
mulveling,

Thanks for that information. So, the 1007 can accept 7 gauge and the 1009 9 gauge?

ozzy
 
ozzy said:
mulveling,

Thanks for that information. So, the 1007 can accept 7 gauge and the 1009 9 gauge?

ozzy
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Yep, the last digit is its largest awg rating (smaller awg numbers indicating larger wires). I haven’t applied one of these connectors at their max limit myself, yet. When you use the bigger connectors with smaller wire, there will be quite a bit of extra space and you’ll have to clamp the set screws down quite a bit. Smallest I’ve done these with is the 15 awg KE-4.

They work best with the AQ style termination preparation - solid bare wires tightly and neatly twisted at the ends, with a copper or silver conductive paste applied. Once prepared (e.g. at the factory) you can reapply connectors many times if careful, with no tolls other than the little hex key and steady hands
 
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