Deaf Cat wrote:
So.... do yous others reccon the Cat5 cable may set the sound stage like
an electric blue superdreamracer on a NasCar Circuit??
I have built a number of cables. As long as you don't do something
spectacular like shorting the two terminals together while the Amp is
on, you should be fine. I always continuity test my cables to make sure
a solder glob or frayed wire does not kill a nice amp. Beyond that, I
can tell you that my personal preference in limited testing is for solid
core copper wire for speaker and interconnect. I do a lot of DIY stuff
two and have built the following recipies for cables and speaker wire:
http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/ubyte2e.html
These are similar to the Jon Risch recipe cross connect Beldin cables.
It is a good low capacitance design.
http://www.venhaus1.com/diysilverinterconnects.html
I changed this to use some high quality litz wire I had onhand. I did
use the bullet plugs for what that is worth.
The outcome of this is "refinement" of the sound. To me things are a
little sharper and better defined. It is not a night and day
revelation, but a nice improvement. I would not buy megabuck cable, but
a reasonable DIY project or some better used cables should be worth it
on a good base system. The cost of the cat5 cable is so low that the
risk is low. At worst, you go back to zip cord - if you like them, it
is like personalizing a car - adding your signature to your system.
Just start small and go from there.
-MA
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