Speaker wire... Diy?


I am new to this, so please bare with me. I always thought 12 gauge speaker wire, bare on each end, was best. But there is Kimber, Nord, etc, that seem to be incrementally better! Can I buy the components and put together my own $17000 speaker wires? If so, where can they be purchased, and which are good enough to be used? Which terminations are best for sound? Which wire? Length? Guage? 
ddjr
I'm using Western Electric wire and Dueland cables bought off this site for a bit more in price and both sound pretty good to me.
@ddjr Take a look at the following link-
http://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-speaker-cable.html

It details the wire to buy and the connectors to use

They do not cost $17000 - they just sound as thought they do :-)

They are a little more complicated to build, but try building one using a piece of Romex first. If you like the sound, spring for the wire on the web site

It’s taken me about 4 years to perfect the Helix cables and I have had lots of feedback and suggestions from other DIYers that have tried them.

If you have any questions - just ask - I am happy to help

Enjoy - Steve