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Why would it be only structural? the cable is actually very flexible.

And for those thinking I got hugely ripped off, lets take a look.

I was looking at some stinger 1/0 on HifiSoundconnection and buying 15 feet of it would cost me $57.60 USD, and $24.64 shipping with UPS.

$82.24 USD for 15' of cable..... why so much? I always like to have extra.... never hurts.

Thats $101.89 CAD for the wire. so $6.79 per foot now.

Add UPS brokerage fees of about $40 ($141.89) and it works out to $9.43 per foot.

Thats still better than the $12 per foot locally for 1/0 cable, but still way off the original purchase price.

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SORRY, FORGOT PICS, BUT I'LL DO IT TODAY, i PROMISE.

sry for caps too.

Also, I called a local auto sound place today, and discovered that 1/0 is no cheaper than $12/ft unless I use welding cable..... then it's $3.49.

So I didn't get as ripped off as everyone thinks I did.

I'd have got the welding cable, just as good as audio cable, and it's usually more flexible...I love my tristar cable...thanks to Shayne :)

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I'm still considering that. and I probably will, but I want some nice sleeving to protect it as well as make it look a little nicer. I'm trying to dress up my engine bay over time.

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I'm still considering that. and I probably will, but I want some nice sleeving to protect it as well as make it look a little nicer. I'm trying to dress up my engine bay over time.

Welding cable is way more damage-resistant than normal 'audio' cable, it usually has double insulation.

Get it in black and it won't look at all out of place.

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Welding cable is way more damage-resistant than normal 'audio' cable, it usually has double insulation.

Get it in black and it won't look at all out of place.

out of place isn't what I'm worried about ... I actually want it to stand out a but, Like using red wire for the positive, or a nice red sleeve.... as long as the wire is protected from grease and shit.

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On 1/6/2026 at 5:35 PM, BigJohnny said:

I finally got around to getting some video of this weird ass cable that I've still never used.

 

Absolute mad lad. A joke comes to mind... When a man says he'll do something, he'll do it! No need to remind him every year

That's some funky cable for sure. It reminds me of high speed ethernet cables, or other shielded cables, where the out loom can be grounded to help shield against RF interference.

Hard to tell from the video, but the sheathing looks a bit light in the loafers to be for abrasion resistance, so I'm thinking it's for that RF shielding 

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8 hours ago, SnowDrifter said:

Absolute mad lad. A joke comes to mind... When a man says he'll do something, he'll do it! No need to remind him every year

That's some funky cable for sure. It reminds me of high speed ethernet cables, or other shielded cables, where the out loom can be grounded to help shield against RF interference.

Hard to tell from the video, but the sheathing looks a bit light in the loafers to be for abrasion resistance, so I'm thinking it's for that RF shielding 

 

Looks like it'd work great for powering RF equipment for being able to use the shielding to block out EMI from RF transmitting.

Car audio, pointless.

2015 Honda Civic LX 4dr | 110k miles | Stock

 

1996 GMC Yukon SLT 4dr 4wd | 260k miles | JVC Head-unit

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