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

Showing 2 responses by sfar

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.
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.