Sorry, WBT, but I am not buying your $140 gold plated crimping tool when I can get one from Harbor Freight for << cleans glasses >> $16.99
Mogami - Quad 12 ga. in the house!
Found an excellent (i.e.. inexpensive) source for Mogami's 3104 speaker cable. It's arranged as a quad 12 gauge cable, so you could bi-wire or combine to make a 9 gauge cable.
Less than $7 /foot from Markertek. More expensive from Parts Express.
More when the pants show up.
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@digsmithd I think it depends on how you accessorize, but my cables are going to be like cartoon pigs. No pants! |
Hey @DeKay, Cable "pants" are specialized heat shrink, which make the transition from the outer cable jacket to the individual + and - conductors more tidy. Sometimes instead of heat shrink they are are little barrels with 1 in and 2 or 4 out. They can look pretty fancy but are also pretty heavy. The kind I ordered fit OK on the jacket, but the legs were too small for the dual 12 gauge conductors that needed to fit each. PS - Parts Express has the 2 conductor Mogami 3103 per foot.
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I was going to keep this simple... but it isn't. First, my cable is too thick for basic pants. So need more / bigger heat shrink. Decided to go ahead and add a PET jacket. Well, my solder gun / heat knife got thrown away a couple of moves ago. Considering this may be the last time I ever put together speaker cables it's really getting expensive. 😁 |
Hey @soix My old zip cord. Honestly not expecting a lot, this is just a little house keeping. |