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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
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geoffkait
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Metaphors be with you.

pop quiz! 🤗

If it’s true the “audio signal” in cables and wire and fuses is simply (alternating) voltage and current, I.e., not a music waveform, what is the distortion in cables, etc.? Is it voltage and current distortion?
ddjr OP
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Hhhhhhhhhhh... Anyone else not hear a difference between (brown/black 4 wire) kimbers and regular old speaker wire? I will say, the radio stations are all a bit staticy where I live. Maybe I should pair my CD player with the system? Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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dave_b
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Voltage changes?  I always thought everything effects the signal however...cable purity, EMF noise, insulation, equipment quality and matching, Quantum fluctuations in the space time continuum etc...🙄
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geoffkait
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“Dave?”

“Dave?”

“Dave?”

“Dave’s not here.”

Right, everything affects the “signal.” But the signal is not the music, remember from last class? The only things in the cable or wire that can be affected are voltage and current. Could I be wrong?
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dave_b
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You might be wrong rabbit...you might 🐰 

Then what is the music great one?  Is it the fluctuations between the inter dimensional exchange of strings during their quantum superpositions as they react to changing Voltage and Current within and between audio components?  
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