Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality?

I think I'm gonna make some exotic cables that have custom fuses in them.

Just because.

teo_audio:

Don't forget, in your DIY cables, to do two things.  Freeze all the components (with dry ice) for a few days before assembly and then after the cables are fabricated, duct tape some batteries to them.  Won't need a soldering gun because they don't have to be in any way actually connected - according to Audioquest.  And fuzes are a good idea.  I think the improvement will be jaw-dropping.

You’re ruining my fun. ;) I’m taunting. Very gently taunting and making a joke, kinda thing.

We make uber expensive cables. Low prices ones as well. Both with the same exotic technology that has no widespread accepted mathematical analogy, as of yet. It will come, obviously, but it’s not here yet. (supercomputers are the starting point to map this stuff but first you need the model.... you can get a top notch multidisciplinary physicist, sit them down and then explain the complexities of the scenario and then watch them reel as they try to grok the complexity of attempting to map it)

We’d love to make an inexpensive speaker cable with this technology but it simply can’t be done.

As for the batteries, etc, that is valid. I’ve no desire to explain the scientific reasoning behind someone eles’s product. Whether one likes what it does or not, is up to the buyer to listen and decide.

I’d like to say though, I’ve never heard one of these ’powered’ cables. When the description came along as to the construction of them, I immediately saw the SCIENTIFIC VALIDITY of what was going on.

Who makes budget fantastic speaker cables?
Me!
And I'm serious about this. I happen to be working at the right place (a theatre) to have access to the best possible wires. So I take a few meters from the Sound department at no cost and just plug them in my system.
I can assure you that nobody notices the difference between these improvised cables and my expensive Cardas, Wireworld or Morrow. I've done the testing many times and I'm selling the other cables to retrieve some money. DIY with the best materials is the right choice.

All designers of cables were originally DIY. No exceptions.

If you don't hear the difference, save your money.

However, sooner or later, most audio people will hear a difference, and marvel at it.

The trick is to apply the right form of reason to what is heard. That is a multifaceted task of enormous complexity that can take decades to unravel.

No shiny red button quick fixes where ignorance can throw money at it and make it better. That's where the ignorance and bull combines to make a mess out of things. Just like it does in all areas of business.