[sdiy] Patch cables?

[elmacaco]

I actually first looked for shielded cable, but there was none at radio
shack, so I grabbed the monster.  I don't think it's anything special, but
it is much better than the crap I had before (think cheapest cable from RS).
Just looking at the copper you could see the old stuff was duller like it
had some corrosion and the strands were not twisted neatly or evenly.  Just
very low quality in general.

The lower noise I guess was due to interference I was getting on the
previous cable and not with these.  There are a few switching supplies in
this room, I believed it was the computer interfering the most.

 I was quite surprised as well, but I think crappy cable is capable of
bringing in all sorts of problems, not that what I have now is stellar or
anything, just the most attractive stuff at radio shack.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Ingo Debus" <debus at cityweb.de>
To: "SynthDIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Patch cables?


>
> Am 04.05.2006 um 03:22 schrieb elmacaco:
>
> > Normally I would think this is rather much, but when I changed my
> > speaker
> > wire from cheap crap to decent monster cable I noticed a big
> > difference in
> > clarity, noise level and interference.
> >
>
> Noise level changed with the speaker cable? What could be the reason
> for that? Was the new cable shielded?
>
> I know there is coax speaker cable, but I always thought this is only
> because it is easier to coil it up, not for shielding.
>
> Ingo