Why on earth do you imagine that 12g solid-core will give you the best sound? ...

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In Reply to: given up on cat5, lets go anticables route, now questions on construction posted by Japesgalore on September 29, 2008 at 21:04:19:

Puhleeze!

Firstly, you shouldn't have wasted your time braiding Cat5 cables. You could've bought Belden 1585lc (all teflon insulation, including the jacket) and used one wire in each twisted pair as '+ve' and the other as '-ve'.

Or you could've bought Belden 1585a and stripped the PVC jacket off and done the same thing. (These are pretty seriously good speaker cables. :-)) )

However, if you want to "go over to the dark side" then FFS don't use 12g magnet wire ... I personally wouldn't go any thicker than 21g - so use several strands each run, if you really think you need the cross-sectional area.

Regards,

Andy

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Topic - given up on cat5, lets go anticables route, now questions on construction - Japesgalore 21:04:19 09/29/08 (8)

LOL ! - unclestu52 12:28:15 10/02/08 (1)

RE: LOL ! - Jeff Davison 20:21:34 10/02/08 (0)

RE: given up on cat5, lets go anticables route, now questions on construction - MylesJ 12:09:37 10/02/08 (0)

Why on earth do you imagine that 12g solid-core will give you the best sound? ... - andyr 03:41:24 10/02/08 (0)

a year? crikey! how long are they? - troporobo 22:26:57 09/29/08 (3)

RE: White Lightning - amioutaline? 18:26:13 09/30/08 (2)

RE: White Lightning - sean.johnson 00:25:34 10/03/08 (1)

RE: White Lightning - amioutaline? 16:07:00 10/04/08 (0)

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Why on earth do you imagine that 12g solid-core will give you the best sound? ... - andyr 03:41:24 10/02/08 (0)

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