Along with our diy speaker cables many of our readers and egroup members have been building interconnects out of cat 5 cable.
Diy speaker cables cat5.
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.
This will result in a low resistance low capacitance cable and if the two cat5 6 cables are loosly twisted together low inductance too.
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.
The 1 618wr speaker cables turned out well and i thought i would share the instructions and results.
Many audio hobbyists enjoy working on diy cable projects.
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.
A lot claims that this performs the same as high en.
And all for under รข 1 metre run.
To make the cables i will be demonstrating there are a few basic tools you will need.
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.
Low inductance diy hi fi speaker cables.
We stock a wide variety of cable wire ac and signal connectors shrinktube ptfe tubing high grade copper and silver conductors and hard.
Between our egroup and personal emails we have been receiving numerous questions regarding cat 5 wire and the proper construction techniques for our diy triple t and the ffrc speaker cables.