sml1226
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A lot of banana plugs and spades and whatnot will accept cable all the way up to something like 4awg already, so no real need to concern yourself with a crimp fitting unless 4 is somehow still too small for you. I know the ones I have said they'd accept up to 5mm wire which is just under 4awg.i am also very interested in this idea.
my new house is coming and i'm intending use these type of high gauge cables for speaker cable.
if you have tried it please let me know.
Why not grab something like Canare's 4S11, and just combine conductors? 4 11awg wires would combine down to ~5awg. Should be able to find a plug or spade that will accept that without having to buy a crimper and chop up the rings to make it work like a spade.
That said, is anyone running even 18awg on their headphones? Unless you have a very large room, or some very inefficient speakers, I'd imagine the cable isn't going to see enough power beyond some point (not sure where that is, but I'm almost positive you'll never justify a 4/0 cable regardless of your configuration) for the added size to make a difference, outside of maybe a psychological one.
Not saying don't try it, but you can get some fairly large wire already without modifying anything if you're not after completely crazy sizes.