Beautiful DIY 12-Gauge Speaker Cable Tutorial

[@EFTA-gg5oz]

great tutorial man I have used every part you linked,made 7 cables now got the extra 2 speakers for the 7.1 missing some parts but ordered everything is on amazon... showed my cables to the shop I bought speakers from guy was left with open mouth 😮 with the quality... thanks a lot top video!!!!!!!

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

Thank you for the feedback! Happy to hear how other people appreciate the quality too.

[@colincanty6698]

Those look great. Well done. Great tutorial.

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

I appreciate that, thank you!

[@VinodKumar-gx7wj]

Very good information

[@jackj3917]

Great tutorial. Thanks.

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

Thank you. Glad I could help!

[@seventhmonkey458]

Great tutorial!

[@gronthomson]

Nice job and very well taught! Thank you for the links to your supplies!

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

Thank you for the kind feedback. I'm glad I could help.

[@gronthomson]

@@ELITEkickBOXER, your cables are BY FAR the most beautiful I've seen in KZbin tutorials. THANK YOU!

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

@@gronthomson Thank you so much!

[@genehammond7239]

Thanks great tutorial , great looking wire's !!!👍👍

[@Michael-nu1py]

Man those are beautiful

[@johnparker4203]

Great video! Could you explain the contribution of the sleeving to the audio function of the cable please? Is it just cosmetic?

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

If by sleeving, you mean that Y shaped part, yes just cosmetic.

[@johnparker4203]

@@ELITEkickBOXER Sorry. I meant the black sheathing covering the actual cable..

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

@@johnparker4203 My bad. Believe it or not, it is both cosmetic and functional, in my opinion. Cosmetic because I think it looks cool. Functional as I believe it adds an additional "fibrous" outer sheath that reduces the chances of having the actual insulation getting pierced -- a sacrificial layer, if you may.

[@JonnyFlash80]

Nice cable build. I just picked up some of those Fospower banana plugs and they seem to be decent. The part I hate most about doing cable builds is forgetting to clean up those snipped off wire strands and getting them stuck in your feet. Metal splinters hurt! Also, when you said "Audio Alcoholics" I almost spit my coffee all over my monitor.

[@Professor5180]

I see you used heat shrink underneath the banana plug barrel rather than over it. Looks nicer that way. I was wondering if the sole purpose of using heat shrink over the barrel was to have a layer of protection to not cause a short if somehow the metal conductors touched each other.

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

I would think it's possible for there to be some type of "short" (even if minimal voltage) if any part of one end touched the other, regardless of where the shrink wrap was used. Just my thought. Nevertheless, I largely did it for security and looks. I didn't think it would look as clean with the shrink wrap directly on it. Plus I was concerned about the shrink wrap possibly coming undone on such an increase in size (being the wire is much thinner). Hope that answers your question.

[@LS6WS6]

Sweet work man.

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

Thank you

[@sjsphotog]

FANTASTIC Step by Step Tutorial. I want to redo my speaker wires and will be using this vid to help me for sure. Great job!!

[@guilhermedealmeida2299]

Good work! But why noy to use a red shrinking tube between the ''pants" and the +ve banana? Two black shrinking tubes connecting + and - bananas creates confusion for a quick inpection of correct phasing. The minuscule red ribon in one of the bananas is not enough and do not gives a clear and quick view... Regards, GA

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

Thank you for the feedback: Definitely a great point.

[@megaeverything101]

Are those screw on ends metal? If so sooner or later they will touch. Moving a speaker or what not.

[@glenn4452]

Looks good,we’ll I have a lot of cable to make,11 speakers and 2 subs

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

That's gonna be a lot of cables! Make sure you give yourself a lot of slack (trust me you won't regret it). I wish you luck though, take your time, make sure you have the proper equipment and you [ideally] should be golden!

[@sjsphotog]

have fun. Envious of the speakers but not of the work you need to wire all those. :P

[@regdrapeau4903]

Great video. Thank you. Would the braided sleeving, cable pants, and banana plugs work if using 10 gauge wire?

[@ELITEkickBOXER]

Thank you. For 10 gauge wire, you're going to have to get different supplies. The banana plugs I used are not rated for 10 gauge. The Y-boots would probably need to be a mm or two larger to accommodate the 10 gauge diameter. Everything else should be good. You can certainly do this with 10 gauge wire, you just have to make sure everything can accommodate the 10 gauge. If you buy from amazon and something doesn't fit, hopefully you can just return it.

[@PrinceFluffy]

I would wrap a piece of electrical tape around the end of the sleeving to stop it fraying and slide easier into the pants...

[@Antibackgroundnoise]

It's not just about quality conductors within a cable, which btw as well as medium to high volumes they will also help the audio to sound better at low volumes too. But it's actually the quality of the shielding that makes the ROOM sound quieter (noise floor) In fact the last group of cables I shielded just happened to be my HDMI's and low & behold the room became quieter yet again. 🥳

[@carlubambi5541]

I just use 12 gauge Cabtire soow .Good enough

[@JonnyFlash80]

You sure that's enough copper? I was thinking 00 AWG for my new setup. :P

[@carlubambi5541]

​@@JonnyFlash80it all depends on the distance and wattage .VxI = W .If you can get 10/2 cabtire at home Depot it will be good enough .Your ears won't tell the difference but a computer pick it up banana plugs do not make for great connections .Spade lug is the best way next to being soldered in place

[@carlubambi5541]

​@@JonnyFlash80I run 2 10 ft #12 AWG for an adcom GFA 555 mk2 and a pair of 8 ohms speakers ..No problem and I use Fork lugs rated for #10 AWG .No banana plugs ..Won't make any more difference by going to a heavier gauge .If I were to run 2 in mono I would go to #10 AWG at the same distance .You can go up to 30 ft easily between amplifier and speaker with no loss .Remember you can short the end of your cable and measure the resistance of your cable to see how much loss you have through resistance