Every time I buy from Danny he is very thorough and generous with his time and he has been better to me than he had to be. I trust and believe just about anything he offers is a genuine value that blows anything you will find in a chain store out of the water. In my experience with Danny, personally. Take that for what it’s worth. I bet these are a major improvement over what most of us have. Another great idea right here. Kudos

Thanks Danny, I’ll stick with my 14 AWG pure copper from Amazon for 35 bucks for a 50 foot roll and a good set of banana connectors under 10 bucks. Perfect on my Marantz Model 40 coupled to my Encore’s. 😊

Ok, folks! I just finished building 2 pairs of these cables. They are fairly easy to assemble, with the pulling of the rope through the cable being he most difficult. My advice is the make sure you use something stiff that is very close to the same diameter of the rope. Secure your guide carefully to the rope because you don't want it breaking loose and have to start again. Ask me how I know! Also, using gloves while squooshing the cable down the rope helps. I did 4, 16ft runs! After the first 16ft pair, my hands were toast! Listening impressions are very positive! Please understand that the motivation to try these cables came from the desire to move my speakers further out into the room, and my old cables just weren't long enough. I haven't moved the speakers yet because I need to make longer power cables for my Sanders electrostats. I have the Sanders Sound Model 10C speakers powered by 4 mono blocks at a total of 750wpc. These are already very revealing, but I was stunned to find a wider, taller soundstage. The bass was more forceful. So much so I had to use my crossover to pull a couple db out. The most impressive change was the "delicacy" improvement. Some may say this is more detail. They may be correct, but in the past, detail could equate to hard. Not with these cables.

I built the 16 strand cables in an evening. I purchased an upgraded soldering iron, heat gun, and wire strippers in advance of the project. Only complaint I have is the project went too quickly :). I was hoping to kill at least a week while I wait for my amp build. Ended up only burning about 5 hours. Thanks Danny!!

I am a proud owner of a pair of the 24 strand GR Research speaker cables. Two days ago I received my new pair of Spatial Audio X5 open baffle speakers and I was breaking them in using my stock pair of Amazon speaker cables. Today I swapped out the Amazon cables for the Gr-Research cables and I immediately heard a HUGE improvement in overall sound quality - better clarity, better sound stage, better imaging, more dynamic punch, etc… And the difference was not subtle! So if you are on the fence watching this video wondering if you should get a pair of these cables and you have a decent pair of speakers and system do it! You won’t regret it.

I think Danny had these wired to the NXtreme (?) that I was lucky enough to hear when I visited Danny in Wichita Falls a couple of weeks ago. I was there just to pick up some speakers, but I was treated to a very short (couple of songs) listening session - hooked up with what looked like these cables. Xtremely nice. :-D. Lots of inner detail, but the overall sense was very neutral and quiet. Thanks again Danny for finding another way to make amazing sound - very affordable.

Dude, these things are badass! I used 3% silver solder, and it was a funking choir putting these things together; I have blisters on three fingers! But they sound fantastic, extremely clear and the soundstage, wow! Definitely worth it! Thanks Danny!

Hi, This is Brian. I couldnt believe you quoted your prices. And then i couldnt believe how reasonable the prices actually were. I remember places selling cable in ads in stereo review magazine. They asked 100 dollars a foot in the 1990s. And some people bought it. Although their problems were with having expensive amplifiers with limited abilities, they reasoned their problems were with the speaker cable. Some foolish people spent thousands on speaker cable and it turned out to be simple high end wire worth only about 30 cents a foot. It always gave the novice audiophile bragging rights because their wire cost more, therefore it was better. So they thought. Anyway, thanks for making an affordable alternative . if someone fails to purchase your kit for 39.95, let them try and top it. Those good connections always wind up being Very expensive. Good Job, Men. Keep it up!!

Real nice kit. Braiding all those wires by hand would be a deal breaker. Very tempting since the hard work is done. Gotta complete a dozen unfinished projects before bringing in more parts boxes.

Assembled a pair of 16-strand cables a couple weeks ago! They made a bigger difference than I honestly expected and it was noticable within just a couple seconds. Using tube connectors & bananas. They really added a lot of depth to the soundstage & even more clarity vs my previous pair of cheap zip-cord that also used the same connections. 10/10 would recommend if your looking for a great sounding cable. 👍 Thanks, Danny!

This approach to why cables make a difference is such an eye opener. From this angle it now makes sense. I still can’t stand companies that try to say their cables have a direction and it’s just regular cable runs (you all might know who I’m talking about and if not, take a small quest in audio and you’ll figure it out). But, after talking about field effects and winding canceling out inductive intrusions and other sorts of EM/FI the approach is valid. Thank you for making this vid and also providing a channel for us to get our hands on the raw materials. No way in hell am I paying a grand for some cables when we can do a little work and grab the mats for $40. Thank you! Doing god’s work lol

DANNY YOU ARE AWESOME! helping many to find better quality audio in sensible approaches...

I became a believer back in 2012 when I rolled Chris Venhaus's CAT5 cables. At the time I was using something basic from MonsterCable in a roll-your-own system that included Rod Elliott's P101 MOSFET amp. It sounded decent enough, but when I hooked in the big Venhaus braids I realized I'd only been experiencing a small fraction of what that amp was all about. If I ever get finished with the 8 channels of amplification I'm building right now for an active speaker system I'll be ordering sets of these new cables from Danny. Among other things, they'll save me from another bout of bleeding fingers. :)

I wish that somebody would test the electrical characteristics of this cable, against the Kimber 8TC, to find out if they are the same product. It would be cool if Danny actually discovered a supplier of theirs and we could just buy it from Danny, at a huge discount! :D

I've been using this exact cable in my system years before I ever saw your videos. I used a very flexible fuel tubing to shove down the middle of mine.

Fun video to geek out to. Liking the Jon Bon Jovi haircut! Inspiration to be had here

Building mine right now. Rope feeding is really the easiest part. I have 12ft and it takes 2 min. I put masking tape to the end in how far I wanted to unwind the cables. After that the separation is important to get best positioning of the conductors. I have banana plugs that fit 8 AWG so I can solder them right in. Be careful stripping the wires as they are thin individually. If you guys like it I can make some pictures and post it on the forum.

Blue Jeans Cable 'Ten White' (Belden 5T00UP 10AWG ) owner here, great speaker cables. From this point, if i do any upgrade, i'll go with Mundorf pure silver wires...end of story.

I made a set of these. Very refined sound. More air. Opened up the sound stage. Well done.

Thanks for this video. Looking forward to putting one of these together.. just went to the link on the site and one suggestion for the kit to include three other options (tube + spade) and (tube+banana) for those like me who will want tube connector only on the speaker side and banana or spade on the amp side and lastly (Spade + Banana).

Danny, thks for the rope into the cable, it is really a simple tweak to already a great cable, quieter and more details come through, I reckon it’s at the level of Kimber Select series .

Great video that helped me make my cables, but I cut 9' lengths of cable and "lost" a foot after I stretched the weave and put the rope inside. Luckily, I needed an 8-9' cable so it worked out. Just know as you open up the cable there will be some shortening.

I've been watching your channel for over a year Danny and I really enjoy the content and appreciate the product and the information keep it up brother

It would be really interesting to see you apply your speaker testing methods to these, and other, cables. Cables seem to be the biggest mystery area in audio. Can you measure a difference between these cables and some random 12GA copper cables? If so, make a video!

Thanks for all your DIY stuff and all the great videos!

I bought a diy braided cable similar to this but it’s bundled solid core wires (4 per conductor) twisted. Amazing bass and sound staging - but was like being shouted at and a little ‘Dry’. Loved the dynamics but yea, harsh. So I’d be very Interested in this. I suspect the fact each individual core is insulated and braided, along with the rope, makes a big difference.

Whoo! All I gotta say is thanks! This is really fun when it’s affordable! Still have the flat world there! Hehe! Just wanted to say you must use the right kinda crimper. Or the crimp will be all messed up.

Yeah, that's an *awesome* quality pair of speaker cables to have for about $200/pair and about 2 hours of your own time to assemble them!... Kimber Cable quality for a fraction of the price, plus you get the satisfaction of knowing that you made them yourself, which is really cool!... I've known that Kimber Cables are some of the best overall speaker wires for decades already, but I've never been able to actually afford a pair of them, so this option is awesome!... When I have some money to spare, (hopefully sometime next year, &/or after all of this Covid shit is finally over), then I would love to get a set of those! A few questions though; Can you also build bi-amp cables with this 24 conductor wire, separating each of the ends into 4 sets of 6 individual wires? (2 sets of 6 wires for each of the two positives, and 2 sets of 6 wires for each of the negatives) Or does that ruin the sound of each pair of conductors? Do ALL of the conductors have to work together to sound the best or can they be separated into the low and high frequencies like that?... OR, do you need two totally separate cables of equal lengths, with only the 2 conductors on each end, like you show, one cable each for both the lows and highs? If you have time to experiment with that option, (or you already know the definite answer to my inquiry), please let me know your thoughts on that whenever you have time to answer... Have a great holiday season and much thanks for all of your expertise in your videos!

This was the perfect video at just the right time! Thank you. I’ll be in touch.

a friend is using the same cable but with better connectors and no rope inside. ive heard his system a number of times as these cables are very transparent. Amazing cables for the price.

Another good product Danny. Also you web page improvements look great.

DANNY THANKS BIG TIME FOR THIS VID ON ASSEMBLY OF CABLE . HELPS A LOT IF US FOLKS . THANKS BRO. KIRK'OUT'PEACE

It would be nice if the end could fit all the conductors into it. When I make cables for my off grid solar system, soldering isn't advisable, hydraulically crimping the ends actually cold welds the conductors to the terminal. If you cut one in half, you can actually see the connector and cable have become one. Solder introduces contamination and corrosion. Not to mention brittleness at the joint, unlikely, but there's a potential for breakage. How many loose connections do techs find in equipment that doesn't even vibrate? Crimping, and correctly with the right dies solves all those issues.

Just finished putting some of these together. Using a 1' long piece of dowel about the diameter of a pencil taped to the rope made getting the rope go through the cable really easy. Stripping and twisting all the strands to get good symmetry and length uniformity was way more time consuming, (and way more of a PITA ). Also none of the six strand twists, (i did 16 of them) fit inside the tube supplied connectors without the help of a dremel tool. Looking forward to seeing if these will deliver a sonic improvement over my old Virtual Dynamics Nite spade terminated cables.

I lost count of how many "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID" replies were possible throughout this whole vid. 😂

Danny, I have to get technical on you here. You mention that separating the conductors decreases the inductance, which with conductors carrying current in opposing directions as in this case, the inductance actually increases with the distance between conductors. The effect is logarithmic not linear, and a doubling of distance has approximately six times the inductance. Also, your use of radar-absorbent material acts as a small capacitor, so you are actually just lowering the roll-off frequency of the naturally occurring 2nd order low-pass filter created by the wires without the "tweaks". This might help in the case of a situation with a high level of EMI like in a city or having an amateur radio operator as a neighbor, but I think that in most cases the effect will be negligible to non-existent. You may disagree of course, but I would like to see some measurements of noise on the output of your power amps with your cables with the tweaks and without them. Also compared to other lower cost cables of similar length and physical positioning relative to other potentially noise inducing cables. But as a big DIYer myself, I thoroughly believe in building cables yourself, and speakers as well. 👍 Oh, I also have to say I like the new website design, finally see the X-MTMs I'm building. 👍👍

I built two 6’ runs of Danny’s 24 conductor speaker wires. They caused my Schiit Aegir to go into protection as soon as I plugged them into the amp. The wires worked fine with my NAD and McIntosh amps. Strange. I wrote Danny asking about this.

At the beginning of the video, I thought I would need to braid the whole thing by hand Like the new site by the way

Hi Danny. I bought rolls of that in bulk as well. Good stuff. Just fyi, it is fake Kimber kable TC series. Made in China. Compare it to Kimber sometime. It shocked me how different it sounds. Neat project@

I think you could include a piece of the Teflon tube with the kit for what ever size wire we are buying. Just add it too the price as a option. Thanks, ted

Hmmm - Kimber cable for a fraction of the price - that's good pricing👍👍

A spool of lamp cord would be easier and better, not to mention a hell of a lot cheaper.

I use spring clamps on my speaker cables to tighten the high end response.

Not gonna go down the cable rabbit hole debate, but I will say that when I made my own wire, did I appreciate the fact it was time consuming and a PITA and I appreciated the costs of reasonably priced speaker wire with quality connectors, and such, so ignoring the claims of superior audio, if one wants to do the labor, this is a good deal for the $ for decent wire.

amazing video and awesome renovation of your webpage congratulations and greetings from argentina!

Perfect timing. Finishing up some DIY ICs and looking into DIY speaker cable or PCs next. Any plans to offer your power cable for DIY or by the foot?

Why would someone need the 24 over the 16? Is the 24 for longer run cable runs or high powered amplifier? Thanks

Here it is!! The guru at work. 👍

Things that affect soundstage >> The recording engineer The speakers The speaker placement The room itself. Please explain in detail how a speaker cable can affect soundstage ??

Audio engineer chiming in: one of the worst ideas you can have are to use high current signal wires loosely braided. Every conductor that is carrying a current will have an equal magnetic field associated with it. Any conductor that is moving inside that magnetic field will have a current induced to it. Now, add air pressure vibrations, sound to the equation and what you get is two conductors, carrying a signal, moving in relation to each other in audio frequencies. That is stupid. If it is not molded geometry, it is rubbish. And braiding is not useful at all in speaker cables, we can run them parallel as there is no way in hell you can induce enough current that the down- OR upsides of the braiding matters, at all. All it does is increase the length of the wire, the one parameter we really do not want to increase. It will also make it heavier, and stiffer, neither of those are good qualities. Specially with the connectors commonly used in home audio that are not necessarily designed for very heavy cables. This DIY kit is stupid and useless.

The design reminds me of VH Audio’s CheLA bare cables which has been around for some time.. Except those are much more expensive 48 strands with cotton rope damping inside already..

first ! Those cables look they mean business. Can't wait for Black Friday . $9.50 a foot of 16 strand is a deal!

Hi Danny, I’m interested in this speaker cables.. what are the sonic differences between the 16strand and 24 strand cables? Thank you

Hey guys you can go to Amazon and get a roll of 10 gauge speaker wire for like $40. I personally use 16 gauge to save money though.

Does twine sound more twangy and country than plastic rope? Where can I buy audiophile grade rope?

Another great video. Thanks Danny

I plan on ordering the 24 strand cable, I want as close to a pair of 8ft cables not including the spade connectors I plan to place. After reading the entire thread here, I plan on using the 1/2" cotton rope which Danny says is now included. 1. What length cable shall I order? 2. Danny do you include the teflon tube now? If not, 3. I like the drum stick idea. I know nothing about drum sticks, what diameter and length should I use and where do I buy drumsticks? Amazon? Thank you all. FYI, I am a retired electrical engineer previously employed by Hewlett Packard designing precision instrumentation in Colorado. I have been an audiophile for 47 years. I have used Kimber 12tc and 8tc in my systems. I studied the physics behind the multi stranded braided wire and can understand why this can make a difference in sound. I am far passed the discussions of the merits of cable selection and burn in. The greater quality of music I hear with using such cable geometry is unmistakable in my listening experience. Also the products that were designed and manufactured at Loveland Instrument Division in Colorado were powered up, tested, and burned in prior to shipping the product to our customers. And for precision measurement and control, cable matters. So for what it's worth, I say cables matter and burn in is necessary for all audio components. Danny, I am looking forward to trying one of you upgrade kits for my Wharfedales later this summer. Thanks all for the information in advance. If you don't agree with my ramble here, I don't care.

Hi Danny, this is Hank from Austin. Long time no see/talk. Interesting cable kits. Hope your biz is still doing well!

Great idea for a diy product. After making many cables myself I think is is a bargain.

I own a pair of these GR Research cables and they're awesome! Exceptional price and performance.

Yup! Cables makes a difference and one don't need the highest of ends to hear it.

Brilliant product

Voice coils have very thin wire in them. How is this not a problem?

Nice video. I bought some 8tc similar cable from an outside source too, high purity copper and all. It appears to be no different than the Kimber 8tc. Nice soundstage and all. There are a lot of misconceptions in audio land about these types of cable and they are mostly wrong. In the old days it's called folklore everyone tends to repeat. In the 1980s they called it a mantra that's repeated over and over, then after that in the 90s they call it a meme. Back to the non issue. A lot of discussion goes on about how the low inductance of this cable leads to high capacitance which is claimed to damage amplifiers, ie oscillations and so on. You do not have to be an electronics theorist to realize that this is incorrect by just looking at numbers. For example 8tc is rated at 346 pico farads per meter. A 4 meter cable would then have about 1400 pico farads capacitance. Low and behold the speaker crossover has a capacitor (at the beginning?) of typically around let's say 1 micro farads. This only adds 1 micro farads + 0.000346. = 1.000346 microfarads. No significance whatsoever. So if the capacitor is in front of the crossover (not sure) then the amp load from cable to speaker is not an issue. Even so 0.000346 micro farads not significant if you don't even add capacitance. If you figure in relativity, then the amp only experiences the capacitance of the cable and crossover as a single capacitance value. Amps don't have problems with crossovers so why insignificant cable. Resistance and low inductance are the things to look at, with resistance generally not any problem with copper conductor. One last thing, Kimber talks about counterfeits. They never talk about their source or that they have patent rights on the design and material. So it's the Wild West for the consumer. Correctly, they are right when a counterfeit is passed off as Kimber cable which is wrong. Everything else is business as usual. I believe the tc wire is probably sourced from Japan, and a lot of it is shipped to China. Oscillating amp damage from high capacitance cable, some other issue is involved or it's made up by the industry.

Heck Yeah ! Its funny 3 years ago , I believed all cables were snake oil then I tried Audioquest dang it !! Thanks for the video Danny !! I made my own Audioquest cable x2 cable plus bfa suregrip 300 berryllium 🍌 plugs 😃 And actually cost me a grip Your kit looks better foe sure

Does the rope come with the cable-kit? Great diy idea as usual! :)

I need to know the sound characteristics of that tapeon the rope 🤣 just kidding. Looks good.

Snake Oil, you said it man, soooooo funny, right up 'em both barrels!

Has it been ventured to braid the leads after the +/- split for termination?

It’s hilarious how many people talk directly to the main guy and he never responds to anyone but they keep talking lol

A Polypropylene rope would be best suited as it has better electrical properties than cotton or nylon and is easily available.

Are solid core cables "better" than equivalent stranded cable for speakers?

How much does the rope inside reduce the length? if I bought 10 foot of cable and then increased the diameter by inserting the rope, would that not reduce the length?

I bought a 8 foot pair of the 16 strand assembled. I run Cary Audio Design Pre, Power, HDCD, and a pair of Revel F-32 speakers. The improvement in sound was not subtle. Greater air, soundstage, and well defined fast bass with greater impact. The litmus test? If I lost these, I would replace them with the same. Thank you Danny:)

You made a Fid out of a plastic tube❤

Great video but, does this make any sense for a lower cost audio system, to have cables costing almost as much as the speakers? Would not it be better to invest in better speakers first?

Do both cables need o be the same length? The run from my amp to one of the speakers is about 10 feet and the run to the other speaker is about 25 feet because I have to run it around the room to avoid running it across the floor.

Thank you for the great video and showing the flat earth....lol... I am getting both.

Does the speaker cable have a direction or any kind of markers on it to help?? I know the Kimber ones always do. I'm just about to build a pair of these cables up. Thx

Great video as always. But I am getting an advert every four minutes or so. It's too much. Left before the end.

Good gosh! Watching Danny play with his big white cables is the perfect combination of listening to women’s Wimbledon up loud and watching Japanese tentacle…”stuff”. “Get it good and hot and give it a good squeeze…it’s got a little titt-ee on the end…” I love it. And, by the way, Newton’s laws still cover 90 percent or better of life on a flat planet, even when it’s really round,. (wink…and ducks and runs for cover!)

Can I put RCA connectors on these?

Hi. Thanks for this video One question, whats the rope for? Kind Regards

Subjectively speaking, what difference inserting polyethylene rope instead of Teflon tubing makes on sound?

Reminds me a song : "Send it to me" But I'm on a single Duelund awg 12GA test right now. I think it's just & only another highway to hell. Both could be a nice ticket... or maybe I'm wrong ?

Just ordered one

I want to build a high level subwoofer cable for my Rel with low inductance and high impedance. Which geometry would you recommend? ( 3 wire: 1-GND / L channel /R channel

are those kimber ?

Danny, you have me very interested in this upgrade. I have used very heavy gauge Monster cable in a bi-wired mode between a Denon receiver and a pair of Snell Type D tower speakers for over 20 years and never gave it a thought. My question is would bi-wiring with your cable be an improvement over just going with a pair of your 24 lead wire cables? If I went with a bi-wire setup would I need to use the same cable for both leads or could I use the smaller cable for one lead (Tweeter lead?). Thanks, Ken

Bought the 24 strand 2x 8ft. Mostly after reading the reviews of this cable. Just curious how they compare to my audioquest rocket 88 biwire.

if you compare with OCC copper wire, how does the sound different?

Can it be used to my sourround or to my headphones? Missing what the little cable are used for lenght of the cable to the speaker. Is it for b&w or beolab90?

Can you please do a video showing why some of these cables cost thousands of dollars. It's crazy. Thank you

Are the speaker cables sold in pairs for $13.50 or singles for $13.50?

Looks nice.

Hi. Thank you for the great video. Do you have any comments on pairing sprout 100 with Wharfdale Denton or Linton? Will these cables be too much for that setup?

Does lemon oil on the cabinets actually make them resonate better?

I've made a handful of speaker cables, and boy is it time consuming.

You could use those to jump start a bulldozer

Thank you, I appreciate the education, but I find I can't sit for the whole video. Too many commercial interruptions. I didn't time them, but every three to four minutes a commercial interruption.