Re: Not meant to be a Speaker cable! - Jon Risch - Tweakers' Asylum

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In Reply to: Not meant to be a Speaker cable! posted by Des on July 27, 2000 at 01:56:04:

A variant on Recipe #2, now obsolete.
See:
http://members.xoom.com/Jon_Risch/s1.htm
The computer type ribbon cable usually has tinned copper conductors, and uses PVC insulation. Either the CC 89259 or the ChrisVH CAT5 recipe will beat this sonically.
If every other wire in the ribbon is alternate polarity, then this kind of cable can have very low inductance. However, the penalty is a very high capacitance, sometimes enough to fry receivers and mid-fi amps. If the wires are just bundled together at the ends using one side for one polarity, and the onther half of the strip for the other polarity, then the inductance is not that low. If used singly, that is, one strip for each polarity as described, the inductance is not that low at all, no better than zip cords, since the signal polarities are separated.
See:
http://www.AudioAsylum.com/audio/cables/messages/17.html
It is likely that the inductance of the cable will soften the HF's, and even though the insulation will not be that great, with the roll-off, the lack of insulation performance is not that noticable.
I wouldn't sell your expensive cables just yet.
Jon Risch

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