How Do You Convert Speaker Wire To RCA Jacks?
While most speaker wire connections are made with bare wire to special speaker terminals, there are some speakers and pieces of gear that require you to connect speaker wire with RCA plugs. In addition, if you want to make your own RCA patch cables, speaker wire will work quite well for carrying signals. Putting RCA plugs onto speaker wire doesn’t require any specialized tools and can be accomplished quickly and easily by the average audio enthusiast. Pull apart the leads of the speaker wire so the wire is separated for about one to two inches down the wire. Remove one-half inch of insulation from each of the speaker wire leads with a set of wire strippers. Twist the wire strands together with your fingers so they’re tightly wound around each other. Unscrew the jacket on your RCA plug by turning it to the left and then slide it over the end of the speaker wire so it’s about six to twelve inches up the wire, with the threaded end facing the bare ends of the wire. Identify the positive l
