DIY Speaker wire

I have used connecting wire as speaker cable which was simgle stranded heavy guage copper that I used 3 to makes a braid. They worked really well,- impurities and all. I eventually only used them as jumpers, then they got replaced by expensive Cardas. Honestly I heard no meaningful differences.

I don't remember the exact guage but they were easy enough to braid (not really easy they were kinda stiff green jacketed). Just like Grannyring I used 3 insulated solid core wires in each braided leg for the speakers one braid for pos one for neg. Yes I bought the wire at Home Depot, Honestly I thought they sounded really good but couldn't resist all the hype from the cable makers and bought "real" Jena Lab braided copper but aside from the high caliber connectors I think I was equally satisfied with my cheap imitation cable, it was thicker guage than the Jena Lab.