Posted by SFDude on March 26, 1999 at 11:29:28:
...your own speaker cables! DAMN it's hard on the fingers! But it's finally done and I put them into use last night, replacing the Nordost Flatlines (not the Super) I had been using. I didn't really do any critical listening as of yet but I didn't seem to be missing anything in terms immediately. More critical listening to come tonite...
Some added info: the cables are constructed as such.
I braided 3 twisted pairs together to form a length of 6 wires. I then took 3 sets of these braided wires and braided them again. This gives about 18 wires for the cable. What is the effective AWG of this length? I didn't go into the extra effort of braiding these 18 wire cables with 2 others to give 54 wires total per cable. What are the caveats of making the cable thicker with the extra braids? If the 54 wire cable combination will have a major effect on the inductance and capacitance of the wire, I guess I'll go back to braiding a few more weeks and perhaps in shorter length (about 5 feet instead of the 8 feet length I was constructing before).
FYI, I'm not using the Plenum cable as stated as this is only experimental purposes and doing this while watching the boob tube at nights, more like one full braid each night.
You can not post to an archived thread.