 Re: making your own speaker cables
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Holy crap!  Those are big. How did you do the braiding? And how long do they run? How do you like the spade clips? I thought about getting those too, but they were spendy...
Actually, I used banana clips. I made mine 10 ft. Here's the exact instructions that I followed. As you can see, there's LOTS & LOTS of braiding! 
M60s
VP150
QS8s
Marantz SR6003
Samsung LN52B550
Oppo DV-980H
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Joined: Jun 2003
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Nice job, I really like the mini to mini cable. I could use one like that from my Creative Zen to my portable headphone amp.
Rick
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud
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Joined: Sep 2002
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Well, I've made my own and I'm using them now. However, I don't recommend making the kind I made which are like this. It was time consuming, painful to the fingers, and generally a big pain in the a**. However, I did notice a *slight* improvement over the 12 gauge wire I was previously using (these cables are 10 gauge). Still, it was not enough to justify ever repeating the process again. Plus, they are big, heavy, and ugly regardless of the mesh covering I have on them. I don't know why I made them in the first place. I guess it was the challenge and curiosity...or just simply boredom and too much time on my hands. 
I made a set of these too, I did have quite a bit of time on my hands and it was something i had been wanting to try for a while so when i was able to score enough free cat5 to make these i jumped on it. It definetly takes a bit of time to seperate out the strands, braid them, braid them again, braid them again, and when i was done they were about 2 foot shorter than i was planning on so what i ended up with was a 6' pair. I solderd some radioshack spades onto them and called it a day.
The bad part is theyre too short to use in my setup anyway
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As a recent newcomer to real equipment, I made mine too. I used bulk Axiom wire and banana connectors from Blue Jeans and shrink wrapped the ends. It was actually fun and while it probably makes no difference over premade, it makes me feel like I did something to personalize my fledgling system.
Outlaw 970/7075, M60's, LFM-2,Oppo 980
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...it makes me feel like I did something to personalize my fledgling system.
There's a lot to be said about that. I agree with this 100% (although I didn't make mine, just using bare wire).
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(although I didn't make mine, just using bare wire).
Best way to go in my opinion, but it's murder on your fingers with those bloody posts being as close as they are.
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