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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.
Post Subject: Shielding side-effectsPosted by miso on: 2/4/2014
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Years ago i was testing various signal and speaker cables and wire configurations (as many did). Various gauges, shielded co-axials as well as single and multiple strands in various shapes/relations between signal and ground. My conclusion was that a full shielding, or even tight twist considerably flatted the sound. The sound didn't appear wrong by itself, but in direct comparison the flattening was very evident. The final winner was a never crossing 2 strand spiral of thin enameled wire around a cotton core (rope of 1cm diameter). From that time i never tightly bundled s/g wires together anywhere. I can't imagine what phenomena contribute to this (capacitance?) that are common with power cables as well, but it's always interesting to read about the effects of power cables from people who don't actually sell them.
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