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In Reply to: Re: Is triple braided wire in most cases shielded good enough? posted by Kamigo on February 17, 2007 at 09:50:48:
What braiding does (in cabling) is work to minimize RFI by cancelling it out. There are more technical explanations all over the net, so google to your heart's desire. But the central point to it has to do with Common Mode Noise Rejection.In my experience, Home Grown Audio makes GREAT speaker cables, and is one of the few to sell its braids bulk. But personally, I found that using copper 24AWG (CAT5/6) cable in my system sounds better. I had previously used the HGA SC-16 (Solid Silver 16 Strand Speaker Braid)
The weaving is well done, but for my personal tastes, not nearly as tight as I like it. With CAT you can braid very tightly. But be careful, there are some drawbacks to overly-tight braided designs. I suggest getting a very sensitive DMM and taking resistance measurements between your construction phases. Capacitance meters aren't that expensive either. These types of designs tend to vary in capacitance values depending on the tightness of your weave.
Feel free to play around with it, it's taken me many designs to perfect, and I'm still working on mine! Good luck!
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