DIY shotgun speaker cables

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Wardsweb
Wardsweb Posts: 944
edited March 2010 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
My weekend project. I started with some Belkin hybrid speaker cable. You will notice there are multiple types of conductors: 1-flat, 1- large, 4-medium and 12-small (individually insulated).

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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 944
    edited February 2010
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    Then some barrel banana plugs.

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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 944
    edited February 2010
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    There are dual cables per side, so here you're looking at the speaker end of the cable.

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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 944
    edited February 2010
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    I ran out of the barrel banana plugs so swithced to standard banana for the common end. The cables are covered in Bently Harris expandable sleeve.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited February 2010
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    Nice work and really cool looking conductors. How do they sound?
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  • acsubie
    acsubie Posts: 773
    edited February 2010
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    very clean looking cables! where do you purchase the flex sleeve?
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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 944
    edited February 2010
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    acsubie wrote: »
    very clean looking cables! where do you purchase the flex sleeve?

    I bought a 100' roll of the stuff off Ebay about 10 years ago. I've been using that very roll since then.

    You can find braided sleeving all over the web. Brands like Techflex are a popular consumer grade.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited February 2010
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    Did you have to strip each separate conductor?
    Jake
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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 944
    edited February 2010
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    zingo wrote: »
    Did you have to strip each separate conductor?

    The large and flat did not have any insulation. The four medium I stripped with a pair of wire cutter by just holding them lightly and pulling the insulation off. The small wire insulation can be heat stripped. I used a heat gun with small nozzle.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,360
    edited February 2010
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    Real nice Luther! Where did you get the barrel bananas? Any pictures on how they go tother? Solder, crimp? Great work!
    Carl

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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 944
    edited February 2010
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    schwarcw wrote: »
    Real nice Luther! Where did you get the barrel bananas? Any pictures on how they go tother? Solder, crimp? Great work!

    I robbed them off some Belkin speaker cables I got off a Parts-Express closeout buy. They used dual allen screws to "smash" the wire. I removed the allen screws and soldered them on.

    Do a search for BFA Banana plug or connectors and you'll find them all over the web.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited February 2010
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    They look great; nice job. How do they sound?
    Jake
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,637
    edited February 2010
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    Nice looking wires Ditto.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited February 2010
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    very nice sir,,indeed.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited February 2010
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    Very professional looking work, and an interesting wire configuration.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited February 2010
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    Very nice indeed

    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2010
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    Nice!!
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2010
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    As always, Luther, you could eat off your projects--they're so clean!

    I gotta' get the hell outa' here. I'm getting "the thirst" again.
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  • mopar paul
    mopar paul Posts: 277
    edited February 2010
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    Great work! I was wondering where you got your wire? I was looking online and I am a little confused (as usual..) on the part# for bulk wire.
    Thanks!
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2010
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    Very clean!

    But, where are the magic mystery boxes? ;)

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • wushuliu
    wushuliu Posts: 4
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    mopar paul wrote: »
    Great work! I was wondering where you got your wire? I was looking online and I am a little confused (as usual..) on the part# for bulk wire.
    Thanks!

    I believe this is the cable. I've used a lot of it myself and it is very, very good stuff. Smaller size rolls are available.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,675
    edited February 2010
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    Job well done. Great looking cables.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • Ranger0912
    Ranger0912 Posts: 50
    edited March 2010
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    With that type of work you should be doing this for a living!
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