Although Van Damme do not have a direct presence in the highstreet hi-fi market, these cables can be found in many professional environments. The 2 x 6mm speaker cable in particular is the critical monitoring cable of choice of many world class recording studios and post production houses. Domestic hi-fi is overrun with a wide variety of complex and esoteric cables however Van Damme have designed a simple range that is comparable in perceived sound quality to cables costing many times more per metre.

Materials
This cable has Ultra Pure Linear Crystal Oxygen Free Copper (UP LCOFC)conductors. This ultra pure copper is repeatedly drawn out in the manufacturing stage to create long linear copper crystals. Theoretically this linearstructure limits the dissipation of the signal’s energy that occurs when electrons cross between one crystal and the next. It is a recognised fact that the use of UP LCOFC conductors results in better conductivity and more uncoloured and accurate signal transmission.

Construction
The speaker cable is constructed from ultra fine 0.10mm strands of plain UP LCOFC. These strands are bunched and then braided together in a 7 way plait to minimise the skin effect, the tendency of high frequencies to gravitate to the outer surface of a conductor. These plaited conductors are then oversheathed with a flexible transparent PVC jacket side by side in a shotgun formation, and one conductor is marked with a polarity arrow. This arrow indicates the preferred direction of signal flow: from the amplifier to the speakers.

Dimensions: 12 x 4mm
Stranding: 7x(46x0.10)
Conductor Resistance: 7.8 Ohm/km

This cable range is available in 3 sizes;
2.5 square mm cross sectional area per conductor
4.0 square mm cross sectional area per conductor
6.0 square mm cross sectional area per conductor