Looking for really fine cables at really low price

+1 for Signal Cables!!!!!!!!!!!!

signature8, you twist two of the same type of wire, with or without a core, then connect one wire between pin 2 (positive) at both ends, connect the other wire to pin 3 (negative) at both ends, place a shield around those two wires connected to Pin 1 (ground) only at the source end and then countersprial a ground wire (i.e., in the opposite direction to the two twisted wires inside of the shield) outside of the shield and connect that ground wire to pin 1 at both ends.  You need three total wires per cable run, plus the shield and whatever other materials you use to construct the cable.

Mitch: Thank you so much. I understand now.

I can jump in with my two cents on the Supra 3.4 ply speaker wires. I got mine from Lars. Nice guy. He is not the only source in the US. You can get them cheaper at Madisound, which is where I’m going to place my next order when I figure out my length requirement.

I did not like the combi connectors that I chose because I wanted to be able to switch between spade and banana plugs for two different sets of speakers. The connector ends would manage to loosen up on a weekly basis no matter how tight I tried to get them. So I just went bare wire.

A unique aspect of their structure is the rectangular shape of the weave. This makes it a little trickier to trim off the casing without also nicking/cutting some of the wire. And as thick as this wire is for inserting into stock vintage speaker terminals, it is doable with some imagination ... that is, unless the openings are big enough, which my current set of speakers are.

For the money, you can’t go wrong. But I suggest going bare ends if at all possible.

Wanted to order some tin plated copper shielding for Deulund 16 gaguge wire to make balanced IC's. Would 1/8" shielding work for two wires or a 1/4" required. Anyone has any experience with this? Thanks.