Converting cables to ICs


I have a pair of speaker cable that I no longer need. They won't bring much in resale as they are good but not great cables (Apex) and lack markings. Question - can they be converted into ICs or is the gauge of the wire in the cables not favorable for ICs?
rockyboy

If it were me, I would find a young person who had an interest in music and help them build there first or improve there current system. Give them away and offer them the benefit of your knowledge and help perpetuate our hobby.

Cutting them down to experiment on would be a greater waste of good speaker cable IMO. Do you have children, grandkids, neices, nephews a neighbor maybe who likes audio?
Even though most interconnects us very thin wire I do not believe the gauge of the wire is an issue in itself. Cogan Hall made interconnects of copper tubing and the sound was very good even though the gauge was quite large. I have always preferred the sound of unshielded interconnects, but I don't live in an area where I need shielded cables.
A practical issue with doing the conversion would be finding connectors that would accept the typical gauge of speaker wire. Soldering RCAs onto the smaller wire designed for interconnects can be challenging enough given the size of the connector barrel and how close together the hot and ground connections are.
Has anyone ever converted S-Video cables into ICs? How did they sound? Is it possible to do the conversion? Often I see quality S-Video cables on a popular auction site for not too much money. I was thinking about just cutting off the ends and then trying to attach regular RCA connectors. I was hoping it would be a great way to get a quality budget IC.
I don't have any experience with using S-Video cables as the basis for interconnects but I'm not sure it would be worth the trouble when you can buy really high-quality cable from Mogami and Canare in bulk from places like markertek.com and takefiveaudio.com. The Mogami 2549, for instance, is $.90 a foot and you know exactly what you're getting. I've been very happy with it combined with relatively inexpensive Vampire connectors.