DIY Speaker Cables - How to Build Your Own High Quality Speaker Wire (w/t Canare 4S11 Made in Japan)
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- How do you make speaker wire cables for around $60-$70 that can rival cables costing hundreds of dollars? Watch my video and read on bellow 👇👇👇 of course! 😎😁
Quick DIY Audio Project 🔨🔊
10ft Pair of DIY Speaker Cable build using Star Quad Canare 4S11 Oxygen Free Copper Made In Japan Speaker Wire with Banana Plugs.
I shall call it the Krait Speaker Cable!
(Krait is a type of snake🐍 😜)
Specs: 10ft long, Brass Banana Plugs w/t 2 set screws, 6in Speaker End Leads, 8in Amplifier End leads, Braided Shield, Shrink Tubed Banana Plugs Casings to prevent shorts.
I explain the detail of each step on how to build your own speaker cable, from a raw spool of wire...
In this video I explain:
- How to strip outer cable shielding without damaging the wires
- How to strip cable wire
- How to shrink tube using a lighter
- How to terminate using banana plugs
- How to cut braided cable shield to a perfect size
The Cable Wire:
Star Quad Canare 4S11 Made In Japan Speaker Wire Cable
🛒 Krait Parts list or Bill of Materials (BOM)
($65.94 excluding shipping at time of posting)
⚠ I no longer recommend the Sewell Banana Plug because I had issues with my batch, check out my Banana Plug Review Video on my channel for more info • (Part 1) Banana Plugs ... .
1) 1. Monoprice Affinity Series 24k Gold Speaker Banana Plug, Black/Red. - amzn.to/40kNvCG
(no longer recommend but you can choose for yourself
Sewell Silverback Banana Plugs - amzn.to/3vkpsUQ )
2) Speaker Cable (Single) 4-Conductor Speaker Cable (4S11) - www.performanceaudio.com/cana...
3) Adhesive Shrink Tube 3:1 3/4 Inch (19mm) 3:1 Heat Shrink Tubing 4 Ft Black - amzn.to/2OMfbjA
4) Adhesive Shrink Tube 3:1 3/8" (9.5mm) Black & Red 4Ft - amzn.to/3vlUP1m
5) 30ft PET Expandable Sleeving Flexo Wire Cable Sleeve (2/5")- amzn.to/3evWtaF
6) Oatey 0.6-in x 43-ft Plumber's Tape -www.lowes.com/pl/Oatey--Plumb...
🛒 Check out the $56.68 Krait (Economy Version) BOM on my blog.
onemandiy.com/2021/03/19/diy-...
🔨The Tools you need to make your own Speaker Cable:
✔ Sharp Utility Knife - amzn.to/32ierGh
✔ Wire Strippers - amzn.to/3gdFlal
✔ Lighter or Heat Gun (preferably)
✔ Small Flathead Screw Driver (optional)
✔ Ruler
✔ Marker or a Pen to mark your cable cuts
You can save like $9 but depending on shipping, it might be a $20-$25 difference! See which works best for you!
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Thanks for making this video. I made some bi-wired speaker cable for my desk setup using 4s11, I went with the red and black sleeving.
Thank you! Red and black sounds like a good combo, maybe I’ll try it. I’ll need to make myself a few more pairs too, I like that I can make my own size cables for the exact place I need them at.
Hey man, I just made these exact cables based on your tutorial and parts and they're awesome! Thanks so much for putting this video out.
That’s awesome, glad to hear it!
Do the cables produce too strong a treble? I would think so because they only have 4 strands...
Very helpful. Thanks for the video
Thank you! Glad it helped!!! 😁
Nice man. Thx for putting together and sharing! 👌
Thanks!!!
Nice demo, well done! And easy…
Thank you! Appreciate the comment! Hope you get to make your own too!
Great , nice ideas!!
Thank you!!!
Looks nice.
Those look awesome, nice job. I will be making these.
Thanks so much! Have fun making them!
Well... You get an A plus for knowing how to remove the sheathing without scoring any wires.
Thanks - great video! I ordered through the links provided. Thank you again - well done!.
Thanks so much! Hope you have fun with it!
That was great. Thanks mate.
Thank you!
Great video for do it your selfers. I just bought the canare 4s11 from Blue Jeans Cable with locking bananas on amp end and spades on speaker ends. You can get them full range or bi_wire. I'm running mine full range and after 50hours burn time they sound excellent. Great price also. They take the time to construct a very good product. You'll be pleased !!
Thanks so much! I should try a biamping,
Awesome stuff! An adjustable heat gun will prevent those burnt ends on your shrink tubing.
Thank you!
Nice video.
I'm prefer with the belden CAT5 braided 24-32wires
Nice! Is that you braiding them from several CAT5 cables? Someone else told me they did that with every strand hehe
Nice build. I usually use khakis to prevent shorts.
Nice! You can also get khaki zipper shorts version! 😄
Ba dum bzzt
I've used the same cable type as you but the oxigen free version !
maybe you missed it, he's using Star Quad Canare 4S11 Oxygen Free Copper Made In Japan
@@uglykidmoe150 lol... Yeah, he missed it. Typical
great & professional job Sir👍 . the outcome looks really nice.
i believe a high quality speaker cables that deliver high quality sound. but paying $$$s and even $$$$s for them is silly and a waste of money too...Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!! I believe the same thing, I believe a in nice quality cables but at a certain point it’s seems a waste, I mean some of them do look nice hehe
Appreciate all the links for the parts used, I need to get off my ass and do this.
Your welcome! Just do it! 😁
It's better to use a jet-lighter to shrink this tubes. They do not soot like a normal lighter. You get them for a few dollars in the supermarket and even at gas-stations. Nice set of 'snake'-cables.
Yeah that’s a good idea! Love those jet lighters too hehe! Although I’ll be scared of melting the tube 😂. As close to a snake I want in my house too hehe
Great Tutorial!
Going to make these. I can't wait. I want to make one small change, perhaps you can help. I would like to use PET sleaving on the smaller pairs of twisted wires too. What size do you think that would be?
Glad to hear, it's a fun project! The individual wires are 14AWG with Insulation, I'd say they are about 2.6mm thick, so find a shrink tube that will shrink to 2mm or less. At a 2:1 ratio, you can get a 1/8 (3.5 mm) Diameter Before to
1/16" (1.6 mm) Diameter After. Happy building!
@@onemandiy My Man! Thanks so much...
Thank you for your insight! Question... Twisting them together is for the interference between each other to minimize the consequential noise, by "micro-cancelation" all along the cable (canceling most such "inner noise", but not all noise, i.e. interference from external sources). Hence, I'd rather use a plain 12 gage instead of twisting two 14 gage, but I wonder: am I right about this?
Technically, if you use 4 twisted wires for two channels (star quad as the type of the cable) the twists will help cancel more of the electromagnetic emissions rather then 2 twisted wires for two channels. That’s is It also reduces cross talk by twisting. That being said this is more true for data lines that work on much higher frequencies, like ethernet cables, etc
This keeps popping up on my feed
I think you need a pair of snakes!!!! 😂
Nicely Done.
Quick question if you have a moment.
I noticed you twisted the 2 redish cables together and the 2 whitish together.
What made you go that way or that specified somewhere ?
Thanks in advance.
Thank you! It’s not specified, but basically color indication to make sure you don’t mix it up. You could make a biamp cable with four plugs on each end, and have two pairs. so you’ll need to keep track of the colors. Hope that helps. Color coding is red for positive hot and black/white for neutral. Hope that helps
Another example of the smart Murican measurement systems - 14+14=11.
While the rest of the world thinks that 2mm sq + 2mm Sq = 4mm sq.
Not your fault, I know, just ranting.
Cool video thanks for sharing
good technique on removing the outer insulation, i was showed to do it the exact same way by an old industrial electrician. i also wouldn't worry so much about the oxidization of the cable, unless you leave it out in the rain with the copper exposed you will be fine. if you really are still worried just put some flux on the end and heat it up.
i am curious why you didn't just buy 4-6mm^2 2core wire rather than having two 2.5mm^2 4 core twisted together, and the ptfe tape under the adhesive heat shrink.
Thank you! I may try the flux tip. The cables will definitely oxidize when exposed to air over time, not as bad as if outside but will stop being shiny.
I used the 4 wire configuration because of the star quad topology, the cables/signal does more twisting and reduces electromagnetic interference. I and the take under the shrink is so I can build a smooth transition.
@@onemandiy ah I understand, I’m Fairly new to audiophile stuff, I am an electrician tho so I know a thing here and there that relates. More on the flux I mentioned. There are different types of it and they can be more or less corrosive. Heating it up just speeds up all reactions. If you want Really corrosive flux, get some copper pipe braising flux, give it a good coat in that and then torch it. If you want a long lasting and reliable connection you want to solder it. I always use lead solder to solder as it flows better and I believe less chance of cracking since the lead is very malleable. To clean off flux you should rinse it in isopropyl alcohol. If you torch it well tho most of it will come off.
How to solder banana tube?
It does look like a Krait, having seen them in Thailand.
Haha thanks!, haven’t seen one in-person myself! I really like it’s pattern! The cables do look very much like a snake making it’s way through my equipment! I like it!
@@onemandiy They're also known as "two steppers" because you have about two steps left after being bitten.
Quick follow up if you have a moment.
Shrink tubing - Why not use the 9/3mm 3:1 in a longer length to cover both red cables and the whole banana plugs ?
or the 9/3mm - 2 pieces one for the wire and another for the banana pug ? does it make a difference.
Thanks in advance
I figured it out. Nothing like taking a break from a project and then coming back fresh :)
But in the "real" ones - there's a diamond dust inside - so you can hear crisp diamond-like highs 😁😁
Can you use this cable for bi-wire cables? Just have one end with 4 banana connectors and the other side combined into 2?
Absolutely! 1 pair (2 banana) for the amp, and 2 pairs (4 banana) for the speaker. Just keep track of the + and - pairs.
Trim the ends of your tech flex flush and take your lighter and melt the end. That way it won’t fray.
Bonjour,
Merci pour cette vidéo intéressante.
Quel modèle je dois utiliser pour mes Focal aria 926 :
Canare 4S8 ou canare 4S11
La longueur de mon câble est de 1.75 mètre
Merci! I would always use the bigger guage cable for bigger speakers, so I would go with the 4S11
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Nice video👏. One thing, cable medium is omnidirectional (the current flows in both ways equally )
haha yes it wont matter which side goes in the amp unless the connectors are different
Price: 100000000000 dolars hahah, Nice job
hehe thanks!
😂Sound Rough Speaker cable again😊
Thanks a ton for this video! Your accent sounds portuguese. Are you from Portugal by any chance?
My pleasure! I’m from Bulgaria originally 😁
@@onemandiy Ahahahah not even close. I'm Portuguese and it's funny because your English accent totally sounds like a Portuguese talking in english.
Haha thanks. I do like the way the Portuguese language sounds, Jazz in Portuguese sounds amazing
Nice work. Why did you wrap the sleeve and cable with teflon tape?
Thank you! I did it to reinforce, and smooth out the transition. It will give it a little more rigidity and when the shrink tube shrinks it will look a little smoother. It’s a nice to have but totally optional
I only have a budget receiver but I have splashed out over £1,000 on 9 channels of shielded speaker cables and another £630 on a power conditioner, reason being I can't put up with any kind of radio frequencies interference!
In fact I've also kept all of my 9 channels of unshielded speaker cable in place so I'm able to do a comparison for my friends and it's only when i point out the differences and then go ahead and connect the shielded cables that everything becomes apparent for them!
Conclusion: IMO this proves it's all about ones own perception or dare I say lack of
Nice! You can spend a pretty penny on cables, as long as it makes a difference to you and you enjoy! I really like the cables I built and the start quad helps reduce some of the frequency interference coming from the speaker cables. It’s a good topology, helps prevent some coupling right at the back of your stereo where everything is bunched together.
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Thank you!
are you sure those are not car jumper cables? WOW, you could throw your back out just lifting them up :-)
Hahaha it’s not that bad 😁. I mean there are 4 cables in there, and the overall diameter is almost 1/2 inch. Imagine going to 10 or 9 gauge... 😬. I’ve seen audiophile cables much thicker then that hehe
I found that heavier gauge wire (12) improved bass response when compared to using 16 gauge, and the improvement was easily and immediately noticeable (it was a small difference, I'm not trying to overstate the matter). But high frequencies were improved with small, single core wire. So there's a compromise necessary when selecting wire for a full range speaker.
Built 2, 9 foot cables yesterday.... Going to make 2, 14 foot runs. I saw you have reference cables? How about the info on those? I'd love to make those... You should try 12TC cables too... I am torn... Buy from Aliexpress or make the 12TC's. Thanks again for making this video!
Nice! Those cables will pair nicely! My reference cables are Goertz M1 or M2 flat cables with matching goertz spade and banana plugs. I bought the wire and connectors on sale, maybe I’ll show them some time
@@onemandiy Ready to make a set of White snakes instead. Using the gray star quad, pure copper spades and plugs... White and silver PET. Can't wait
Sweet! Have fun with it!
@@onemandiy But I'm crazy! Bought some Mogami W 3104!
@@Scrufboy Nice, those are quality! Mogami use better insulation and jacket materials... also pricier 😁
Why do we need to wind or braid wires?
Great question! Its done for electromagnetic compatibility and to reduce electromagnetic interference. A pair of wires (+ and - side) twisted together are called a twisted pair. The Canare 4s11 is twisted in a Quad manner with 4 wires twisting around each other and therefore minimizing the electromagnetic emissions (sort reducing each wire's electromagnetic field) and their affects to neighboring systems and wires. Great read up on wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_pair
@@onemandiy thank you
I don’t believe that the twisted wires as you have used them add noise protection for two reasons.
1. The voltage and current in speaker wires is unlikely to disturbed by the level of electromagnetic fields found in non-industrial environments.
The low level voltages and currents from microphones, electric guitars and Ethernet are another matter.
2. Twisted pair wires only resist noise when used as a “differential pair”. The positive signal is sent down one wire and the negative image is sent down the other. When the two signals are summed by a differential amplifier the noise is cancelled out.
SIGNAL + NOISE - ( - SIGNAL + NOISE ) = 2 * SIGNAL
Nice! Start selling them.
Thanks! My day job keeps me busy! I rather share the process :)
use gloves everyone, even with clean hands it is your skin oil that will do the most damage and reduce the quality.
True that!
soldering is very important at that point.... if can't find a way to solder or think is risky and complicated, well you should use live wire
from an engineer prospective
Just use the cable as it is. Save time and money.
I do enough disconnecting and moving around that it justifies the extra effort. I really don't like using bare wire. But whatever works for you, it's a high quality cable, you could get a super cheap set of banana plugs at minimum to keep the two pairs of wires together.
no OCC cable ???
They are all OCC actually, typically the marketing department would advertise that as a feature. Some are 99.9%, and they keep on going 99.99… 99.9999… 99.99999 and call them a 3n, 5n, 7n depending how pure they are. More pure is definitely more expensive, but to what end 🤷😎
@@onemandiy you dont have a clue
@@garygranato9164 OFC or OCC... Ohno Continuous Copper or whatever... my reply still stands, its a play on "Oxygen purity". And No not an OCC cable, or at least it isn't advertised by Canare as such
if I had a HiFi System that provides Speakers and Amps that would make these kind of Cables nessecary, so something worth several thousand dollars (15.000$ minimum) than I could easily pay ready made speaker cables for a few hundred dollars. if I don't have a HiFi system like that I could use just regular speaker cables in 4mm and it would be enough.
These cost $17 each for a ten foot cable.
Use solid core wire!
Go read up on skin effect. Also "work hardening of copper". There will be micro-fractures at every bend. Not good. Especially when the "Oxygen free" dopes tout the reason for the wire type. All those micro-fractures are very bad.
This is just window dressing an existing cable???
Wow. I'll bet these cables sound every bit as good as ordinary, every day speaker wire, or zip cord.
Yeah, you're right - they will... They might measure a teeny tiny bit better due to the copper and the connects, depending on length. How they're driven, etc. But it won't be a big deal.
But the cost breakdown for these is pretty damn good. It is about $17 per 10 feet. For me, making them look how I want with the sleeving and whatever terminations I choose. That's the whole deal right there.
2, 14AWG cables effectively becoming 11AWG... As a custom cable for my setup. You can either pay through the nose for that customization or you can DIY.
Enjoy the holidays!
Now you can charge 500$ for these cables
haha I wish
Mit besseren Werkzeug ging es einfacher...😊
Пальцами скручивать оголенные медные проводники нельзя! Нужно через бумажку
Why?
Что бы медь не окислялась от жира с пальцев
Dude use a blow dryer duh....
Blow dryers don't get hot enough.. at least for anything I use. Lighters are the worst though, unless you like burnt ends. Key is adjustable heat gun.
"amp side" vs "speaker side".... irrelevant. electricity is electricity. current is going to flow in the same direction regardless of which end is plugged into which device... and there are no additions to these cables that would make directionality a consideration. (ie no ferrite chokes, chassis grounding etc.)
electrically ye and and you can choose to have either end indistinguishable. However in my design it is very relevant, both ends have different split lengths, longer for the amp and shorter for the speaker. Also I like to pay attention to detail, so I like my wire to run the same way of the lettering :) Kind of the same reason I don't want to wear my sweater inside out hehe
Lose the background music please. Tiring to discern what you are saying with all the static. Nothing against your choice of music.
putting on the yellow/black braiding does nothing for sound quality , a waste of time and money. You can therefore make them even cheaper with no change of quality
typical vodoo audio. The average physics student is able to show with an ordinary meter that you can connect the best and most expensive loudspeakers with a regular copper cable from microwave or washing machines and you will not be able to hear any difference. It is no coincidence that so-called audiophiles avoid blind listening trials. I will also tell you such a secret ... you can buy or make cables for thousands of dollars, and the manufacturer of your super expensive speakers uses inside ordinary cables that have been purchased for kilometers from the same warehouse for many years. :D :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
A true high end reproduction system (with very good speakers) playing very clean music can reveal differences between various speaker cables, as I have demonstrated for myself and as my video on the topic attests to. But these differences are quite small and can only be heard if the rest of the system is true high end. The system I used to test speaker cables would cost in the range of $3500, not crazy but some serious money. I really like this guy's emphasis on building your own vs spending stupid money on who knows what. See my comment above re building a cable that addresses RF, as this CAN be an issue in some (but perhaps not all) locations.
@depresja wykalczki Bzdura. As speaker builder noted, a high end system can be revealing of anything you change in a system, even tweaks like support cones, pucks, platforms. We can do our own tests in a system and determine which cables or tweaks improve or degrade a systems performance. I've tried expensive cables which sounded worse than less expensive ones and vice-versa. RE: cables. as I've noted before, cables that have equal resistance, inductance and capacitance will sound the same, but if they are different, then the sonics may be different.
All expensive speaker cables are snake oil!
So you didn't make cables, you bought cables, terminated them and put on a tartan jacket.
OOops... first mistake was believing all that "Oxygen free" crap. Second fail is that you should be using SPC, which is Silver Plated Copper. Far better conduction. "Rival" expensive cables? AudioPHOOLS are stupid for ever buying those at all to start with. Then there are those $1200 IEC line cords. Man are Audiophools stupid!
So yeah, dude... Silver Plated Copper wire is the way to go. Also, simple paired up wire collects capacitance... a lot. A flat braided cable is far better, especially from a placement/routing POV. Unless you place your front speakers a mere few feet apart near your amp. That would be another fail. "Quad Canare" Oh boy... they saw you coming a mile away. Yes... Silver is better. Just ask the military and while you are at it ask the robot wars guys what they link their power source to their motors with. Audio production is merely a power source connected to a motor (coil). Gotta say it again.... Silver is better. Likely cheaper too since what you bought has a target demographic that involves them knowing how stupid y'all are. Dollars per foot. Bwuahahahaha!
But pure copper is the best conductor
@@stLtBilko Silver conducts better than Copper. And if it is AC, the skin effect is why they use Silver plated Copper for RF tank circuit coils. The issue is that it is prohibitively expensive. So the norm is Silver plated Copper inside a Teflon sheath for the military. The resistance number is lower. Still does not warrant the price points these nuts use on their crap.
@@cosmicraysshotsintothelight Your statement correct sir, what I should have said was pure copper is the best conductor IMHO in the fact that I have tried silver plate copper cables in the past but I would always get slight siblance in the treble & when I switched back to copper only cables my systems always sounded more natural, these were all used on my entry level equipment so I can't say how silver plated cables work for other people, but yeah as you said silver is the best conductor but it's cost makes it prohibitive for most hifi enthusiasts, also from memory silver is only around 10% or so more conductive than copper which along with the sibilant effects it can have on the sound I would advise just using good quality copper cables unless you have an uber expensive system that has a lean ponderous sound overall.
@@stLtBilko I think the "sound difference" was all in your head, and a 'blind taste test'... you would fail. Tubes over transistors, sure... noticeable. This? No way is there a difference in sound.
@@cosmicraysshotsintothelight you weren't there so shut up, & I wasn't talking about tubes I hope your ears are still young enough to appreciate sounds.
Come on dude snake oil , pure snake oil no better than just plain good 14awg speaker wire on amazon for $15. They look nice and you may feel there special, but in the end snake oil no performance gain at all. I have tried high priced speaker cables and interconnects and heard 000000000 difference. The single best audio upgrade that you can really hear a differance is speakers.
Its funny when people get so fixated on a point that is truly subjective that they overlook the the topic of the video.Im not saying you are wrong with the snake-oil comment, although, if your Equiptment is worthy of such cables, you will notice some improvements but they may not be worth cables that are hundreds of dollars each. The real issue here is that you arent even getting the actual point of the video - to make affordable “snake-oil” cables opposed to blowing your hard earned dollars on them.
99 % of people don't need High End Speaker Wire; and if you're using Copper it is not HIGH END.
What about OHNO Continuous Cast (OCC) Copper?
@@amazoidal Hello I am unfamiliar with OHNO I will have to educate myself, but Silver is the way to go in my book. But then it is all about what YOU/I hear
@@danielscott1749 If it's all about what we hear... Then your statement about silver doesn't apply anymore. Because you are correct, it matters what sounds best to you. For some, copper, others, silver. I have a blend. I have silver in my DAC line and my interconnects... It changed everything. But I also have built these cables. The whole system comes together nicely... I imagine that silver plated copper on the speaker lines might make things too bright... But I won't know until I try.
A waste of money. Nobody look at the back of your amplifier.