Maplins speaker cable?

[Vladimir]

Doesn't look good for the CCA, I'm afraid.

 

[drummerman]

Any cable that hasn't got carbon in it is not worthy of being called an audiophile superduper fandabudastic highest-end hifi cable.

Add silver coated copper and you have VdH CS122 Hybrid.

 

[andyjm]

Doesn't look good for the CCA, I'm afraid.

Horses for courses Vlad. Belden clearly have an axe to grind here, but to be fair the cat 5 spec does specifically mention solid copper conductors. I wouldn't use CCA with punchdown insulation displacement connectors as the copper sheath is pierced. It is also more fragile than solid copper cable.

If weight was a major concern however, or if the design spec called for minimum price, then CCA might make sense. As mentioned above, I wouldn't use CCA for hifi.

I recall reading that aluminium is used for loudspeaker voice coils as weight is the constraint, not size.