How To Build a Better Speaker Cable

Free yourself from the tyranny of buying speaker cables. Rob Hull teaches how to do it yourself, simply with a bit of twisting, chucking, soldering and heat shrinking. You will become a master of audio and wire, as well as your own time and space.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• DIY
• speakers
• cables
• connectors
• amplifiers
• tech
• flex
• heat
• shrink
• Switchcraft
• Tube
• Depot
• wire

[ntrisKKT]

Anyone here knows if this speaker cable would have no issue with a 75W amp?

[TubeDepotTV]

@ntrisKKT - This speaker cable is good for 200W or so.

[hawaiidispenser]

Video was shot beautifully and the instruction was crystal clear.  Can't really ask for more.

[TubeDepotTV]

@hawaiidispenser - thank you, thank you very much ...

[musikdoktor]

4 guys from yahoo don't like this comment. 3:13

lol

[TubeDepotTV]

@musikdoktor - the dislikers were surely misquoted ...

[TubeDepotTV]

@TheDustyGuitarShow - you can double up the 18AWG (ending up with 4 wire lengths). But keep in mind, you'll have to solder two 18AWG wires to each connector at each end of the this cable. Two 18AWG wires will not fit in the solder terminals of most connectors so you'll have to be "creative" in attaching these wires.

[TheDustyGuitarShow]

@TubeDepotTV when making a speaker cable for a 100watt amp, you mention to use 18 gauge wire, would you double it up in the same way you do in this example ( so you'd have 4 lengths of wire in total). cheers for great and educational vids! :)

[TubeDepotTV]

@broadcast666this - You can use all the wire you want however the more wire you use, the more difficult it will be to solder them to the connector. And a couple of 20AWG twisted pair wires is more than sufficient for 100W. Anything above this is unlikely to provide any improvement in performance.

[broadcast666this]

Hey my amps are all 100 watts, if i use the 18 gauge wire, should i still use the four wire cable? Should i do three each for six? Thanks