TiredLegs;462169 Wrote: > I'm using a pair of audio baluns from this maker > http://www.intelix.com/products/balun_audio.htm to get zone audio from > my home theater into my kitchen. The balanced signal is carried over > Cat5 cable and can be up to a couple thousand feet long. (It's a couple > hundred feet long in my installation, with no noticeable degradation in > sound.) Just be sure to get baluns that are specified to handle the full > 20Hz to 20KHz audio bandwidth. (Some audio baluns on the market are less > than full range.) And be aware that any Cat5 cable carrying these > signals CANNOT also be used to carry ethernet data, nor can it pass > through any ethernet data switches, hubs, etc. The Cat5 cable must be > dedicated to the analog audio signals.
Those are nifty transformers. I'll have to keep those in mind. I think I already recommended Jensen transformers -- they seem to know what they're doing too, but I'm not sure they have models for cat5 cables. That's a good trick. (BTW, CAT5 cables are a dirty little secret in pro-audio. They are designed quite well -- use a pair for your differential signal, and other pair for ground. You *don't* want cable with a drain wire -- they tend to imbalance the signal. You do want a cable from a reputable cable vendor, like Belden.) -- ccrome2 Caleb Crome Sr. Hardware Engineer Logitech SMBU (i.e. the Squeezebox people) <B>The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.</B> <I>-William Gibson</I> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ccrome2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18023 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68131 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
