Does this effect sound quality? (Wiring)

[ObsceneJesster]

I just stripped some 14 guage wire and most of the ends started to unwind altering the perfect braid of copper put in place by the manufacture. The cable also has a piece of rubber going through the middle of the copper which at this point was exposed on the stripped ends. I had to pull back the rubber and cut it at the bottom. After which, I twisted the ends back up so the copper was tightly wound and no pieces of copper were frayed out. Lastly, when stripping, I did pull a very minimal amount of copper out. Maybe 2 to 3 strands.

My final question would be, did removing that rubber, altering the perfect braid or pulling some copper strands out alter my sound quality even if I twisted the copper on the ends tightly?

 

[bikdav]

No, I cannot imagine sound quality being degraded in any way.

 

[Pyrrho]

Do not worry about small things. To help get things into perspective, read this:

http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm

A couple of strands, at the end of 14 gauge wire, is trivial.

 

[prander66]

If you only pulled out a couple of strands, I wouldn't worry. If there is a difference in sound quality, it wouldn't be noticeable to the human ear.
In fact, for my Bose speakers, I'm using a different gauges of wiring for each speaker and there's no difference in sound quality. (why I'm using 2 different gauges for my speakers is a long story for another time) but to answer your question, pulling out 2 or 3 strands out will not make a difference in sound quality.

 

[bikdav]

You Are Right

Thank you Prander66 for sharing your situation. I discovered that very same thing more than once. In one case I had to temporarily use two different kinds of wire in a two channel system. Guess what? I could not hear any difference.