I made some CAT5 speaker cables using the Gomer recipe, using Belden 1585A cable that I found on ebay for $.25 a foot delivered. I only made the three strand version because the length was close to 20'. All I can say is compared to the 16 Ga. I was using on my Fortes there is no comparison.
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Regards, Todd