I made some speaker cables...

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  • slammin86
    slammin86 Posts: 238
    edited April 2011
    Well, today I had some time so I made my 9ft set using black techflex. I listed these for sale here.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1559772#post1559772
    I have enough material left to make a matching center if someone wants, but I it will only have one set of banana plugs.
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  • PolkMaster1
    PolkMaster1 Posts: 847
    edited April 2011
    Slammin - good looking speakercable. How do they sound compared to what you had previously?

    I made some speakercables and interconnects, and tonearm cable myself. The results are stunning!!! I will share them perhaps later this week or over the weekend. HOwever, I had to pay an arm and a leg and a half for it. I can tell you that I will NEVER go back to what I had before.
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  • slammin86
    slammin86 Posts: 238
    edited April 2011
    PolkMaster1 wrote: »
    Slammin - good looking speakercable. How do they sound compared to what you had previously?

    I made some speakercables and interconnects, and tonearm cable myself. The results are stunning!!! I will share them perhaps later this week or over the weekend. HOwever, I had to pay an arm and a leg and a half for it. I can tell you that I will NEVER go back to what I had before.

    I had posted about the sound earlier in this post, but there was a big difference for the better. Prior to this I had monoprice 12 ga.
    Receiver: ONKYO 709
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    Front: EmpTek E55Ti
    Center: EmpTek E56Ci
    Surround: EmpTek E5Bi
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  • lasdaguy
    lasdaguy Posts: 31
    edited April 2011
    What kind of gear are you using? I'm curious as I've been thinking of trying something new. (I'm using 12 ga mono wire atm as well.
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  • lasdaguy
    lasdaguy Posts: 31
    edited April 2011
    NVM the stupid question... It's been a long day. :rolleyes:
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited April 2011
    looks great.
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  • slammin86
    slammin86 Posts: 238
    edited April 2011
    Thanks guys. If anyone is interested in what I made feel free to make me an offer.
    Receiver: ONKYO 709
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    Front: EmpTek E55Ti
    Center: EmpTek E56Ci
    Surround: EmpTek E5Bi
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  • the black widow
    the black widow Posts: 15
    edited April 2011
    What guage is the new wire you used? Looks like 2-14 guage on each banana clip?
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  • slammin86
    slammin86 Posts: 238
    edited April 2011
    the black widow wrote: »
    What guage is the new wire you used? Looks like 2-14 guage on each banana clip?

    It is the canare 4s11 cable. The wire consists of 4 single 14 ga wires, so I twisted them together to go into the banana plugs.
    Receiver: ONKYO 709
    Amplifier: Acurus A200x3
    Front: EmpTek E55Ti
    Center: EmpTek E56Ci
    Surround: EmpTek E5Bi
    Sub: Elemental Designs A5-350
    TV: LG 55"
    Blu-Ray: PS3
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  • mak99
    mak99 Posts: 362
    edited April 2011
    slammin86 wrote: »
    It is the canare 4s11 cable. The wire consists of 4 single 14 ga wires, so I twisted them together to go into the banana plugs.
    Can I ask where you ordered the techflex and heat shrink from? And which size(s) did you order?

    I just rec'd my Canare 4S11 yesterday and would like to finish up the terminations like you did, twisting the red conductor together and white conductors together at each end for a single run between my external amp (Dayton/Seaton Sound SA1000) and subwoofer (MCCA/MFW-15 Turbo).

    The only exception to your finished product will be WBT crimp sleeves to use WBT spades (sub end) and locking angled bananas (amp end).

    I really like the way your cable looks, the tech flex really adds to it! BTW, I see you have your front speakers bi-wired. Have you thought about bi-amping them? I currently have my RTi A7's biamped from my Onkyo 805 with Kimber 8TC for both HF and LF - sounds fantastic!
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  • slammin86
    slammin86 Posts: 238
    edited April 2011
    mak99 wrote: »
    Can I ask where you ordered the techflex and heat shrink from? And which size(s) did you order?

    I just rec'd my Canare 4S11 yesterday and would like to finish up the terminations like you did, twisting the red conductor together and white conductors together at each end for a single run between my external amp (Dayton/Seaton Sound SA1000) and subwoofer (MCCA/MFW-15 Turbo).

    The only exception to your finished product will be WBT crimp sleeves to use WBT spades (sub end) and locking angled bananas (amp end).

    I really like the way your cable looks, the tech flex really adds to it! BTW, I see you have your front speakers bi-wired. Have you thought about bi-amping them? I currently have my RTi A7's biamped from my Onkyo 805 with Kimber 8TC for both HF and LF - sounds fantastic!

    I just responded to your pm with all the information.

    For anyone else wondering I ordered the stuff from wirecare.com
    Receiver: ONKYO 709
    Amplifier: Acurus A200x3
    Front: EmpTek E55Ti
    Center: EmpTek E56Ci
    Surround: EmpTek E5Bi
    Sub: Elemental Designs A5-350
    TV: LG 55"
    Blu-Ray: PS3
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  • jcg85@yahoo.com
    jcg85@yahoo.com Posts: 24
    edited April 2011
    The lowest price for the Canare is here:

    http://www.performanceaudio.com/cgi/product_view.cgi?products_id=535

    For the Techflex Ebay is the place to go.

    http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1311&_nkw=techflex&_sacat=See-All-Categories
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,309
    edited April 2011
    Post 44 reported!!!
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  • jcg85@yahoo.com
    jcg85@yahoo.com Posts: 24
    edited April 2011
    Toolforlifefan
    Reported!!! why?
    As you can see I'm new here, please let me know what was wrong.
    I just wanted to share with everybody where I bought my wires
    TIA
    JC
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2011
    jcg85@yahoo.com wrote: »
    Toolforlifefan
    Reported!!! why?
    As you can see I'm new here, please let me know what was wrong.
    I just wanted to share with everybody where I bought my wires
    TIA
    JC


    I think he thought you were linking to your personal ebay auction.
    Nothing wrong with linking to an ebay search.

    I would agree with you, ebay is a great place to buy Techflex, I have bought it several times there, and the prices are great.

    Welcome to the forum JC.
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  • jcg85@yahoo.com
    jcg85@yahoo.com Posts: 24
    edited April 2011
    Thanks a lot Pepster :)
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2011
    JC, the problem is that your user name looks like a typical spammers'.
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  • Jer.War
    Jer.War Posts: 180
    edited April 2011
    Welcome to the forum jc85. Lots of great info floating around this forum.
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  • kappclark
    kappclark Posts: 136
    edited April 2011
    slammin86 wrote: »
    As far as a cost if you wanted to do this yourself...I paid $39 shipped for 25ft of techflex and the heat shrink. 25ft of wire and 3 sets of banana plugs comes to $56.45 shipped. 10 GLS Safe banana plugs comes to $36 shipped. So you can make yourself a set of these for about $130 total. Obviously you have many choices on banana plugs and could do this much cheaper. I kind of messed up on the whole deal and ended up with a lot more than I needed...lol. Still very fun to make.

    Nice cables...

    What size Techflex ? (sorry to seem like such an idiot, but it looks like it comes in diff sizes..
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  • jcg85@yahoo.com
    jcg85@yahoo.com Posts: 24
    edited April 2011
    Face wrote: »
    JC, the problem is that your user name looks like a typical spammers'.

    I see, but I'm not sure if I can change it :confused:
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  • jcg85@yahoo.com
    jcg85@yahoo.com Posts: 24
    edited April 2011
    kappclark wrote: »
    Nice cables...

    What size Techflex ? (sorry to seem like such an idiot, but it looks like it comes in diff sizes..

    3/8" is the right size the same size as the cable.
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited April 2011
    jcg85@yahoo.com wrote: »
    The lowest price for the Canare is here:

    http://www.performanceaudio.com/cgi/product_view.cgi?products_id=535

    For the Techflex Ebay is the place to go.

    http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1311&_nkw=techflex&_sacat=See-All-Categories

    Thanks for the link on the Canare.

    I'm going to take a stab at using this to upgrade my Sennheiser stock headphone cable. Well, either this or Mogami 2534. Their both about the same price.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2011
    That Canare cable is too thick for headphones.
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  • jcg85@yahoo.com
    jcg85@yahoo.com Posts: 24
    edited April 2011
    Face wrote: »
    That Canare cable is too thick for headphones.

    Yesss, way too thick :redface:
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  • jcg85@yahoo.com
    jcg85@yahoo.com Posts: 24
    edited April 2011
    Slammin86,
    Do you hear any difference by Bi-wiring your Polks? I?m about to do some cables based on your experience, but at this point I don?t know wish way is better for me.
    TIA
    JC
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  • aviator
    aviator Posts: 159
    edited April 2011
    slammin86,

    Thanks for the lesson in cable making!
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  • pploeser
    pploeser Posts: 88
    edited April 2011
    That's a nice set of cables. I use the 4S11 and 4S8 in my setup and don't really plan on trying anything else. I made a couple similar sets of bi-wire cables with the 4S8 (4x16ga) and the GLS safe connect plugs with great results. Excellent stuff for under $100 if you ask me. Sold them on ebay... maybe I need a cool name for mine too...
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  • slammin86
    slammin86 Posts: 238
    edited April 2011
    jcg85@yahoo.com wrote: »
    Slammin86,
    Do you hear any difference by Bi-wiring your Polks? I?m about to do some cables based on your experience, but at this point I don?t know wish way is better for me.
    TIA
    JC

    I have never tried them differently.
    Receiver: ONKYO 709
    Amplifier: Acurus A200x3
    Front: EmpTek E55Ti
    Center: EmpTek E56Ci
    Surround: EmpTek E5Bi
    Sub: Elemental Designs A5-350
    TV: LG 55"
    Blu-Ray: PS3
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  • audiocr381ve
    audiocr381ve Posts: 2,588
    edited May 2011
    Those look AWESOME.

    You've inspired me to make my own. My Canare 4S11 cable gets here Tuesday. Quick question. What size Techflex and heat shrink did you order? (I realized this was asked a few times, and I didn't want to bother you with a PM)

    UPDATE: Found it, 3/8" for the Techflex and Heat Shrink. Thanks for the inspiration to do this :)
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited May 2011
    Blue Jeans has the best price for their type of locking naners.
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