Speaker wire... Diy?

dave_b
Careful GK...there is also a lot of well educated imbeciles babbling in institutions. Just because there are a few still lurking about who haven’t been committed yet doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be 😉

It would have been correct to say, “there are also a lot of well educated imbeciles babbling in institutions.”

Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry and Life Sciences are my strong suit.  Writing with an emphasis on grammar, rather than content, was never an obsession of mine.  Recently, I’ve delved into Cosmology and Quantum Mechanics.  Still looking for your breakthrough results to be published on  the seminal work you’ve done regarding Entanglement and its application to remote audio diagnostics and restoration!

So here is someone who tried various mid level speaker cables ( $2k most expensive) and after purchasing new to me speakers was on the verge of selling them as they just did not sound "right" to my ears.
Not what I expected or other reviews had led me to believe.

A friend loaned me some different copper construction speaker cables and a change was wrought, still not what I expected but led me to believe it was my " higher end " cables not matching well with said speakers.

Talking with a fellow member who now makes cables for a side living, Western Electric was suggested, so two 13ft lengths were purchased from ebay, some nice spades and shrink tube and outer braided sleeving, grand sum maybe $140.

Best sound so far I had heard and this was quite a few months ago and even though the amp has changed since then I still feel these " home brew horse patty DIY stuff" hold their own  very well in my system.

Now I truly have no idea if 5k or 10k cables would trounce them and to be frank I have no intention of finding out, at least not on my dime.

Just my experience, YMMV.

@dave_b 
"there is also a lot of well educated imbeciles babbling in institutions."

Yeah, whatever, Dave. Amazing reasoning. Sure does sound like you know best.

Helix Cables are utter nonsense, as is the verbiage on the web page.

The same current flows in all parts of a circuit. The -ve terminal may remain @ 0v relative to earth ground, but it is positive relative to the +ve terminal over ½ cycle and thus current is flowing out of the -ve terminal re conventional current. Electron flow is in the opposite direction.

They will sound different, maybe better in some systems, but their 'science' is flawed. Good amplifier designers try to avoid additional inductance in the output stage. 

They are simply more inductance, a LOT more - maybe 2000x more than zip cord, in the -ve wire in a sort of transmission line geometry.

Scroll down to  Amplifier Output L and R in the middle of http://ielogical.com/Audio/CableSnakeOil.php and see what adding a few µH does. Image what 5mH will do!!!