On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:27:41 +0000, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

Making your own is almost always cheaper because the labour of
manufature is removed from the cash outlay, but that doesn't mean it's
neccessarily a viable option.

It's rarely cheaper as what you gain by saving the labour is lost by
having to pay the retail cost of the bits.

If you're thinking audiophile, where a £10 interconnect is considered
almost ludicrously cheap and some people pay 10 times more for a gaudy
looking phono lead, making your own from quality (but not esoteric:-)
components is MUCH cheaper.