Also, the speaker cable I made is made from cat 5 plenum cable, a braid of 7 lengths. Each of those lengths has 4 twisted pairs of individually insulated wires. They were a freaking pain in the ass to terminate because of the need to strip each conductor. There were 56 wires to strip. On each end. Of two cables. That’s 224 stupid little 24 gauge wires. Ugh. But I love how mine sound and they’re DIY, so no loss of value..
Just more info for your decision making process..