Dukk

Many people use 18ga or 16ga primary wire to make twisted pair RCA cables and I have too in the past. The wide variety of colors can make for some nice color matching to a system.

Usually primary wire is pretty basic quality though and I don't care for how the twist can separate and get random around corners and such. For mine I used 18ga EFX speaker wire. It's OFC, I like the blue and silver, and there is no chance the conductors will separate since they are bonded together.

For ends I used Stinger Bullet series. They're all metal, have teflon isolation, and are easily accessible. Plus I can buy an 18" or 3ft cable, unsolder the ends, and throw away the cable for less money than buying two pair of most other metal ends

Mr. Marco

iTrader: (19)

I`ve tested some high end RCA`s including the Cardas Golden reference beauties as well as several other similarly priced ones and could not hear a difference between any of them and some relatively inexpensive cables.
build quality, durability and shielding should be the primary focus of these wires....

BigRedGuy

iTrader: (11)

Yeah, what he said.......

The only thing I've ever insisted on is twisted pair wires for noise rejection....I have paid anywhere from $30 to $100 a pair for them and never heard a difference between them.....having said that I have also never had problem with noise in my RCAs.....so there ya go......