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Tired of Expensive Speaker Cable. Alternatives?

I'm once again changing speakers, so I'll need two sets to shotgun biwire. I'm tired of seeing the prices asked, and the recommendations made, for multi-thousand dollar products.

I don't know if I'm interested in going the Home Depot extension cord route either, though.

What about low-moderate priced wire that sounds good without the high price tag? Something full, big sounding, extended without being bright, with a good soundstage?
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andy2
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I use AlphaCore inductor 14AWG. I then unwind them into long strand of cables. I then use Scotch tape as insulator between the + and - . The sound is just slightly warm but overall not bad.

Here where you can by the Alpha core inductor:
http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=134&products_id=21
The .1mh should make plenty of cables.

Here is a pic of my finished product:
http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f169/andy2_v/?action=view¤t=Rear.jpg
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