[Raleigh]

I figured if I commented on stranded vs. solid wire it would start a debate! To each his own. Stranded IS a PIA, what with tinning the ends and all. But the times I've spent chasing down an intermittent only to discover that a solid wire has broken inside the insulation make me prefer stranded.

Most of my Philcos have used both stranded and solid. Other than transformers, coil, and speaker wires that have to be flexible, I've never figured out a rhyme or reason for why they use solid in some locations and stranded in others.