| Model: | Cat5 Speaker Cable |
| Category: | Cable |
| Suggested Retail Price: | materials cost about $45 |
| Description: | Braided Cat5 Network Cable |
| Manufacturer URL: | DIY2 by Chris VenHaus |
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Review by leon on January 10, 2000 at 09:53:16 IP Address: 195.238.17.194 |
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Hello Chris,Thank you very much for sharing your DIY`s. After discovering your speaker cable at audioweb, I discovered the possibilities if DIY, and made your cat 5 cable.
As I was looking for a new set of cables the timing was perfect.
they sounds a lot better than the previous cable I used (bandridge cheapies), but I do want to use them for Bi-wiring. You suggest making a three times three pair braid for tweeters. Due to lack of cable I toke 9 pairs out of the 27 pair braid and used them for tweeters.My Questions, first, Would it be an improvement if I would make a second (smaller) cable for tweeters and use the 27 pairs for bass? second, would a Cat 6 cable be an improvement? as you can tell I am not at all knowledgeable in the cable field, but I discovered a lot of fun in improving the reproduction of music, doing it myself.
Thanks again
Leon
| Product Weakness: | don`t know yet, I still miss something cristalline in the sound but I do not know yet if I can fix that with the cables. next tweak will be CDP according to the Thorsten Loesch plan (TNT-audio) |
| Product Strengths: | cheap, great sound |
| Associated Equipment for this Review: | |
| Amplifier: | marantz PM 17 Integrated |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | none |
| Sources (CDP/Turntable): | cdp marantz cd63 MKII KI |
| Speakers: | Canton ergo RCL 350w 250w |
| Cables/Interconnects: | cat5, AVM Bicoax-neutrix |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | jazz classical pop folk ETC, ETC |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 7mtr x 4mtr x 2,50 |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | room incl. kitchen strairs etc |
| Time Period/Length of Audition: | hours and hours and hours |
| Other (Power Conditioner etc.): | old laserprinter powersupply |
| Type of Audition/Review: | Product Owner |
| Your System (if other than home audition): | see above |
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