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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? 
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glupson
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sejodiren,

"My 30+ year old ’Monster Cable’ sound fabulous.....and I suppose they are sufficiently "burned in" by now. ;-)"

Speaking of a good investment.

A few more months and it will be 25 (years).

They do not look that fancy, though.

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geoffkait
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glubby, you’re confused. Snap out of it! 
glupson
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geoffkait,

Have you ever wondered why defibrillators are calibrated/adjusted in Joules and not in Volts or Amperes? Hint: Volts and Amperes are variable. (Volts usually go up to 1000 or so, Amperes up to 40s or so).


Otherwise, you get half a point for Volts vs. Amperes statement. It would have been full point if you had elaborated on it with actual numbers.


Sound advice: Do not touch electrical parts of Quad speakers (or any other Quad product for that matter). Also, no matter how tickled you may want to be, do not grab 100+ kV power line.

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geoffkait
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glubby, your confusion continueth. Poor baby.
glupson
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geoffkait,

I swim well with it. Very well.

Anyways, please do not touch high-voltage lines, no matter how unimportant that voltage is.
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