question regarding separate PS and cables

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Due to real estate and weight issues, I've started making separate power supplies and amps. It also helps for the endless tweaker, as I try to build "killer" supplies that can be used for a variety of different amps, with little or no mods. I make my own cables and use Jones plugs.
I mix the HT (or several) with AC filaments, all in the same bundle.
I use hum pots, and have quiet amps. BUT, I read here somewhere that this is not "advised", because the B+ will pick up hum from the AC filament wires. Really? So I made two separate cables, one for filaments, and the other for well filtered B+, and I couldn't hear any difference. I'd rather not use two cables, and am wondering what negative impact there really is in using one, ala heathkit W2, W3 etc...
Would it be advised to somehow shield the AC or DC in the power supply cable? Or is all of this concern "silly"?

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Topic - question regarding separate PS and cables - bobbyj 16:42:46 02/21/07 (9)

Re: question regarding separate PS and cables - mwiebe 06:22:50 02/22/07 (1)

Shouldn't make a difference (hopefully) - KurtP 06:57:35 02/22/07 (0)

I did that too !!! - drlowmu 21:57:20 02/21/07 (6)

re: Re: I did that too !!! - bobbyj 10:13:15 02/22/07 (5)

Re: I did that too !!! - drlowmu 22:32:41 02/22/07 (4)

Re: Re: I did that too !!! - bobbyj 09:30:27 02/23/07 (3)

Re: Re: I did that too !!! - drlowmu 21:59:54 02/23/07 (2)

thanks for the follow up, poor 300b's... - bobbyj 09:27:33 02/24/07 (1)

Re: thanks for the follow up, poor 300b's... - drlowmu 11:02:07 02/24/07 (0)

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