DIY Speaker cable (well, sorta....)

**John** · 14-12-2009, 13:14

As rule I think its best to use either pure silver or pure copper

**leo** · 14-12-2009, 18:29

Oh, that Arrow cable arrived, I've not had chance to try it yet.
First reaction after opening the packaging ansd seeing it in the flesh was

**Kris** · 16-12-2009, 09:25

Originally Posted by leo

First reaction after opening the packaging and seeing it in the flesh was

Oh well, worth a try. Be interesting to hear your thoughts on the sound quality. Maybe it's a wolf in sheep's clothing?

These look interesting snake oil free designs:

https://www.wilmslow-audio.co.uk/cat...roducts_id=230 or maybe https://www.wilmslow-audio.co.uk/cat...roducts_id=229

**Gazjam** · 18-12-2009, 09:37

Originally Posted by leo

Oh, that Arrow cable arrived, I've not had chance to try it yet.
First reaction after opening the packaging ansd seeing it in the flesh was

I was the same Leo when I got mine...
Reminds me of Bubblegum leo those colours...!
I originally was going to get some black Braid sleeving for it, but you get used to the colours.

Still sounding great, and I know the cables been used and preferred over far more established brands with very expensive speakers...so well good enough for my system.

I've terminated mine with good qlty heavy screw in banana plugs...would I get an improvement soldering and heatshrinking them in?
I dont think I'd change this cable to be honest....so no cable swapping in my system.
This and the Hitachi LO-OFC interconnects have cured me of that..

**Primalsea** · 18-12-2009, 10:00

A another alternative for covering is to buy some cord from a DIY shop. You need the one that has a stranded core and a woven outer. The outer is of the same kind of braiding as the poly cable sheathing that you but from electronics stores. You just need to tie the cord core to the cable and then pull it through.

If you look around you can get some quite nice colours.

**Gazjam** · 18-12-2009, 11:18

Top Tip!

**Primalsea** · 18-12-2009, 13:20

Gaz, I see now, you edited it, I thought "Top Yip" was just a Glaswegian thing!

**Gazjam** · 18-12-2009, 14:55

naa.. just me being typotastic!

**leo** · 18-12-2009, 21:51

Originally Posted by Gazjam

I was the same Leo when I got mine...
Reminds me of Bubblegum leo those colours...!
I originally was going to get some black Braid sleeving for it, but you get used to the colours.

Still sounding great, and I know the cables been used and preferred over far more established brands with very expensive speakers...so well good enough for my system.

I've terminated mine with good qlty heavy screw in banana plugs...would I get an improvement soldering and heatshrinking them in?
I dont think I'd change this cable to be honest....so no cable swapping in my system.
This and the Hitachi LO-OFC interconnects have cured me of that..

Bubble gum, your right there Gaz

I'm going to solder spades on mine, I think as long as you don't go overkill on the solder it should give a better connection than just twisting the cable and using the grub screws in those banana plugs

I'll then stick some of that black nylon sleeving over it, at least it won't look like something from Willy Wonka's factory

BTW, the cable is advertised as having PTFE sleeving, I really don't think it is in all honesty, more like rubber so if you do decide to solder it make sure you don't over heat it or that rubber will melt and make a mess

**Volante** · 09-01-2011, 11:29

available again on the well known auction site

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