Diy Speaker Cables Cat5. They bested kimber 8tc aq midnight and even gave the expensive xlo s a run for their money the xlo s were better but not by the margin that the price would indicate. Cut into 2 meters length. This video show how i braided the cat5 ethernet cable to make a speaker cables.
A pair of wire strippers that can accommodate the gauge of wire you are using 16 awg in this case a good pair of scissors and or wire cutters a lighter or heat gun a roll of duct tape or similar strength tape not pictured a knife or a razor blade tools to connect the terminations you are. They bested kimber 8tc aq midnight and even gave the expensive xlo s a run for their money the xlo s were better but not by the margin that the price would indicate.
Although i now use a new diy speaker cable in my current system the cat 5 cables described above were among the best speaker cables i ever used.
It s a great way to have fun and enjoy the hobby and at the same time a cost effective way to elevate the performance of your audio video system. This will result in a low resistance low capacitance cable and if the two cat5 6 cables are loosly twisted together low inductance too. I am using these diy low inductance speaker cables with my diy hi vi 3 way speakers the speaker cables use 16awg strnaded copper wire a total of 4 x 16awg wires for each speaker cable conductor which give an equivalent awg of 10 see american wire gauge. Low inductance diy hi fi speaker cables.
