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In Reply to: Re: DIY Speaker Cable Project posted by jam on March 24, 1999 at 14:02:27:
The CAT5 cable has inherently smaller gauge wires, duplicating the Kimber would require heavier gauge wires, and even then,m the materials probably wouldn't duplicate the quality level of the Kimber product. He sues seven different steand sizes inside each of the indivudually insualted wires to reduce resonances.Alos, about the CAT5 wire: not all CAT5 is equal, some has tinned stranded wires, some have bare copper wires, some have PVC insualtion, while some have teflon or polyolefin insulations, etc. You can not take for granted that getting a cable designated as CAT5 compatible will provide the quality levels of the better retail cables like Kimber.
See my DIY Speaker Cable Note (URL in the FAQ section of this board) for details on which part numbers are the good stuff. Tech America had a sale on some of the plenum grade CAT5 cable, it was around 24 cents a foot, reg. 39, and I think it was part #910-1603. The sale ends this month?
Just remember that any of the good constructions will be a lot of labor, and it is foolish to try and save a few dollars when you are going to be spending all that time and effort to make them right. Get the good materials, you won't be sorry.
Jon Risch
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