Will power cable work well as speaker cable?

@boxer12 - having tried many different cables types over the years I would not personally opt for a power cable to drive my speakers. The third conductor can cause lots of noise.

There are lots of options out there and if you are looking for great quality copper, something Oyaide is renown for, take a look at the various options from Van den Hul. I've personally owned their Clearwater (small speakers), CS-122 (mid to large) and D352 (floor standing) models. All are excellent perofrmers. 

A big step up from that are the KLEI gZero2 speaker cables from KLE Innovations. Excellent all round performers with deep rich but very controlled bass - I have a 3 meter set if interested or a 3m set of the gZero6 (even better)

If DIY is your thing take a look at these ...
http://image99.net/blog/files/d048bbacfce9bcad4a025be804771d9a-76.html

The HELIX are the best I've tried to date - superb details, deep, controlled bass, lightning fast dynamic performance and an immense image - but they do take around 200 hours to sound therm very best.

Hope that helps - Steve

@boxer12 - my apologies - I didn't realize you already had the power cord.

If it works for you and you are happy with the rsults - that's all that counts

Keep us posted as to their progress.

@toddverrone - Cables are my life - so it seems :-)

Cheers

@todverrone & @timlub - Actually - if you stick to the formula of 2 neutral and 1 signal...
- The neutral, being coiled, is quite flexible and it’s weight helps with flexing the signal conductor - so cables made with Romex are actually quite flexible.

I started with a Romex helix when I developed the power cable. It worked very well, but I was concerned with the live conductor breaking because of fatigue due to a lot of flexing, so I decided not to promote it.

Other things with Romex that I found (especially for power cables)
- Crimped terminations fail very quickly so you have to solder all connectors (e.g. spades, bananas etc...)
- not using spades (for power cables) results in less than optimal power transfer

Other than that - It should work very well for speaker cables, but again, I do not promote Romex use for the signal conductor because of the fatigue issue. I prefer a stranded signal conductor just for that reason.

But give it a whirl - it’s easy to change to a different signal conductor once you hear the abilities of the Helix geometry.

I think you will be pleased with the outcome.

Cheers - Steve