Speaker wires.

[Toxcity]

Hi guys.. I made the stupid mistake of not buying any speaker cables..

You know the ones that go between the AMP and Speakers.

Can I make my own? What kinda wire do I need?

Thanks for the help!

 

[ionicle]

standard 2 cable multi strand wire, go to BnQ and get a roll of the stuff, i have loads of it, but ...that might not be perfect for the job like

if you want profesional stuff, go to a specialist hifi shop, we dont have any round here where i live so i dont know what to recomend but ye...

worth a try..

 

[Ham]

Phono plugs or bare wire clamp things on the speakers/amp?

Normally bare wire, in which case a decent thickness copper one will do. You can get EMF (i think it is) shielded which are sposed too be better. But as ever you get what you pay for.

 

[Toxcity]

Thanks guys!

I have been off the forum since ionicle's post.

And what I have done is cut up some good old figure of 8 mains wires.

Works perfect so far, will be upgrading them to a better wire soon.

But for now these work perfect.

All I can say is WOOOW so far.. Piccars will come in my rig gallery later sometime!

 

[nrage]

So I'm too late to post this link then.

 

[Toxcity]

So I'm too late to post this link then.

That is a good find matey!

Thanks for that, not quite what was needed here, but none the less useful!

 

[FarFarAway]

www.cableuniverse.co.uk

Get good speaker cable and some banana plugs mate, you wont regret it like you would if you went to B&Q

 

[SuB]

i'm using 79 strand copper speaker cable for mine, clear jacket with white trace line pretty darn good stuff

having just realised what banana plugs are (slaps face after having mucked about with 7 speaker connections on the back of his amp) i can see why they're SUCH a good idea

 

[FarFarAway]

Banana plugs are the audio enthusiasts friend

 

[Toxcity]

Thanks guys!

Will invest into some nice wires soon.

Where/what are banana plugs? :eh:

Ah, I seee, very clever! May have to bag some of those too! Thanks Kemp!

 

[Joe]

What gauge Cabling Do u need ... if its relatively Thin/Low U cls use CAT Cabling

(and use 1 cable to wire the 2 rear speaks in the process )

 

[SuB]

cat wire is far too thin and only single stranded tbh i wouldn't use that?

 

[Joe]

cat wire is far too thin and only single stranded tbh i wouldn't use that?

8 wires per CAT5 (can be doubled over)... pretty high quality stuff .. suitable for use in standard (lowly - amped) speaker kits -- like the Phillips surround set in my house and the 1/2 mile walk to the elec store was just tooooooooo far and we had obtained the latest family guy