Re: ...indoor telephone wire as speaker wire?

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In Reply to: ...indoor telephone wire as speaker wire? posted by eldragon on July 22, 2000 at 09:18:17:

This has little to recommend it. Abouyt the only thing it would ahve going for it, would be multiple individually insualted wires. The insualtion is the cheapest PVC on the planet, and the copper is as cheap as it gets too.
The CAT5 recipe uses plenum grade cable, which has FEP teflon insultion for the wire pairs, the wires are twisted pairs, which helps redcue inductance, and the copper is of a known quality grade.
See:
http://members.xoom.com/Jon_Risch/s1.htm
http://members.xoom.com/Jon_Risch/i1.htm
and
http://www.geocities.com/venhaus1/diycatfivecables.html
Jon Risch

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Topic - ...indoor telephone wire as speaker wire? - eldragon 09:18:17 07/22/00 (4)

Re: ...indoor telephone wire as speaker wire? - Jon Risch 15:30:02 07/22/00 (0)

I've had success weaving together twist-ties....(nt) - Randy Bey 09:57:36 07/22/00 (1)

What color sounds the best, Randy?? (:-> (nt) - BrianG 19:46:20 07/23/00 (0)

Search the archive in the cable forum. (nt) - BrianG 09:23:50 07/22/00 (0)

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Re: ...indoor telephone wire as speaker wire? - Jon Risch 15:30:02 07/22/00 (0)

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