Does a higher strand count in speaker cables provide better audio quality?
There is a lot of spin placed on wires and cables to justify one type or another. The main reason for this is to justify an over inflated price. Fact is, stranding provides flexibility. Solid wire conductors can deliver high audio quality and arguably better run lengths, but would be more brittle and tend to break. One break and you lose connectivity. Stranded cables would be more flexible and a break in one or more lines will not cut the signal flow. But, it doesn't magically improve audio performance. Audio quality is influenced more by the quality of the copper. That is better milled, high purity copper will have lower signal resistance and less fluctuation in density which will lead to better signal integrity and more pure audio. All our speaker wires are milled from high quality, oxygen free copper.