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Any good explanations as to why a shield is such a compromise?

Thanks Duster, I appreciate you input. Just wondering why/how a shield might cause adverse sonic effects. I've read many posts that allude to this based on listening tests but am having trouble wrapping my mind around it.

I'm relatively new to this and have started out by making a power strip (for the home theater) and a switch box to turn on/off my Sunfire stereo amp. For the switch box I used a short section of some standard 12/3 Coleman cable and employed the braided sheild method I described. Can't say I was floored. It sounds better than the keychain RF remote switch I was using but not as good as plugging it directly in the UPC-200. Now I'm wondering about rewiring the switch box with a short run DH Labs cable with no shield.

Any further insights are appreciated.

Rich



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