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I haven't had a lot of $$$ or time lately to make much sawdust, but I did make some new 6' speaker cables in my spare hours to keep my brain busy.
I used two 6 foot runs of dual strand 18 Awg in wall speaker cable. The two strands of 18 Awg wire together result in a 13 Awg strand. The individual strands are twisted inside the Carbon Fiber look Techflex shielding, and I also twisted the two runs of dual wires before putting them in sleeving. I stripped back the in wall shielding, twisted each +/- pair together, and split them with some wire pants before terminating them with screw type banana plugs. The sleeving and pants are held secure with some PE adhesive heat shrink, and the ends of the sleeving are held to the bottom of the banana plugs with some non-adhesive heat shrink. One end of the heat shrink is wrapped and shrunk around the base of the plug before screwing the top on.
All of the materials can be found at PE:
Wire - http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=100-710
Sleeving - http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=082-352
Cable Pants - http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=082-784
Adhesive Heat Shrink - http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=080-674
As far as the banana plugs go, you could use whatever type you prefer. If I could go back, I probably would have used a compression type, or crimp on type. Call me paranoid, but after trying these screw type, I don't necessarily like the way the wire terminates inside them. They work though, so I guess mission successful. They turned out looking pretty decent as well.
I used two 6 foot runs of dual strand 18 Awg in wall speaker cable. The two strands of 18 Awg wire together result in a 13 Awg strand. The individual strands are twisted inside the Carbon Fiber look Techflex shielding, and I also twisted the two runs of dual wires before putting them in sleeving. I stripped back the in wall shielding, twisted each +/- pair together, and split them with some wire pants before terminating them with screw type banana plugs. The sleeving and pants are held secure with some PE adhesive heat shrink, and the ends of the sleeving are held to the bottom of the banana plugs with some non-adhesive heat shrink. One end of the heat shrink is wrapped and shrunk around the base of the plug before screwing the top on.
All of the materials can be found at PE:
Wire - http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=100-710
Sleeving - http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=082-352
Cable Pants - http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=082-784
Adhesive Heat Shrink - http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=080-674
As far as the banana plugs go, you could use whatever type you prefer. If I could go back, I probably would have used a compression type, or crimp on type. Call me paranoid, but after trying these screw type, I don't necessarily like the way the wire terminates inside them. They work though, so I guess mission successful. They turned out looking pretty decent as well.
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