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In Reply to: Re: DIY power cable need help posted by Dyak on February 5, 2007 at 11:32:44:
I'm no expert, but I have had success with several common DIY PC designs now.Conventional wisdom for analog components is no shield. This is NOT always the case, however.
YOu can look up the power cords on TNT-audio.com and you'll see at least one that is braided out of 3 wires of shielded 2 or 3 wire cables. They claim it works very well, though it's not the typical design you'd see here on AA. My experience with TNT is that they often come up with workable and reliable designs; they're not flaky. I've seen similar designs for sale on Audiogon, so they're not alone in this different shielded PC design.
For the usual Belden shielded PC design (often relegated to the digital components) what you're describing is what I think is called a floating shield connected at the source end of the power ONLY. And that should work well in the right places.
I don't recall Frank saying which Belden 14/3 cable model he has. That, too, makes a difference.
Some guys here claim that the terminations are even more important than the geometry or the AWG. So he shouldn't skimp on those. But once he's made the cable and seen what it can do, if he's still intrigued he can upgrade the terminations later; not a big deal if you don't solder them.
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