Hello Eric. Yes, I shield the DIY speaker cables. At the amp end I solder a pigtail to the cable's braided shield and connect the wire to earth ground. At the speaker end of the cable, pigtails fan out from the cable shield to the metal baskets of the drivers and the ground post on a supertweeter. :})
Is nylon sheathing for DIY cables just window dressing?
Hi, quick question. Looking to make my own calbles, like the Mogami W3104 -12AWG 4 Conductor Speaker Cable material. It seems relatively easy to cut, strip cables into 2 separate right / left leads and add banana plugs. But every time I look for a little DIY u-tube education they all add the shrink wrap tubing and nylon sheathing to the assembly process. Is this really necessary? I can see where maybe using shrink wrap from the casing edge that was cut exposing the 4 individual leads and also having shrink wrap tubing over banana plugs to keep out air, but do you really need the fancy nylon sheathing? It adds about another $50-100 to the total cost. Thanks
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