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post #1 of 2
6/29/10 at 9:13am
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Hi, I am hoping someone can enlighten me on the meanings of the different terms(words) used to refer to cables.

 

Words include:

-TWag

-TWcu

-ALO(Its the brand right? How about "ALO SXC"?)

-18awg

-22awg

-SXC

-Cryo

-22G Cryo

-OCC triple pipe

-PCOCC(can't rmb exactly)

-UPOCC

-etc... Things that are not listed and you feel that I should know off

 

All these terms are too much for a beginner to start looking for a cable

 

Thanks in advance!

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post #2 of 2
6/29/10 at 9:42am
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Originally Posted by Qonad View Post

Hi, I am hoping someone can enlighten me on the meanings of the different terms(words) used to refer to cables.

 

Words include:

-TWag

-TWcu

-ALO(Its the brand right? How about "ALO SXC"?)

-18awg

-22awg

-SXC

-Cryo

-22G Cryo

-OCC triple pipe

-PCOCC(can't rmb exactly)

-UPOCC

-etc... Things that are not listed and you feel that I should know off

 

All these terms are too much for a beginner to start looking for a cable

 

Thanks in advance!


TWag = The Wire: Silver (Silver's periodic symbol is Ag, get it?)

TWcu = The Wire: Copper

ALO SXC = Just a product

AWG = American Wire Gauge

Cryo = Read this for the process, don't necessarily believe all the pseudo-science

22G Cryo = Also just a product. The 22G stands for 22AWG.

OCC = An alternative to OFC (oxygen-free copper) (see question 3). Apparently stands for Ohno Continuous Cast. Triple-Pipe is just the product name and probably represents the three strands used.

PCOCC = Pure Copper Ohno Continuous Cast

UPOCC = Ultra-Pure Ohno Continuous Cast

 

I see you've been shopping at ALO. I also see that you don't know about http://www.google.com/ 

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