[sdiy] Building audio cables...

[Rainer Buchty]

Ok, this might be the most stupid question ever asked in here, but I just
have to:

Assuming, I have a two-wire shielded cable (shield is common to both
wires), what's the best way to create an audio cable which does not
collect each and every hiss and buzz coming from nearby monitors,
transformers etc.?

I thought that taking one wire for GND, the other for signal plus
connecting the shield at least on one side of the cable to GND of a 6.3mm
plug would be the best way to go. However, what I built seems to
behave more like an antenna, especially for the noise of my good
old Atari SM124 monitor and each and every transformer it meets on its way
between mixer and audio device.

Any advice?

Rainer

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Rainer Buchty, LRR, Technical University of Munich
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