Hello SonicFox
The thick speaker wire I used was braided copper, I think about 12 gauge with transparent insulation. The thin Radio Shack wire is the copper in black and red insulation stuff on a spool. Can't find the spool to tell you exactly how thin but I'd say about 18 gauge. The Mapleshade is weird, really thin wire, I mean really thin! Insulation is supposed to be 2/10,000" thick. The cost is not hundreds of dollars a foot, but rather $5/foot.
I think spending thousands of dollars on cabling would be a bit whacky.
