Re: need help choosing between line level cables

In article <WY6dndLx74TP4J_VnZ2dnUVZ_t6onZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Eeyore" wrote...
> > Richard Crowley wrote:
> > 
> >> "toecheese"  wrote...
> >> > Good to know, I'll see first if I get a hum and if so
> >> > I'll try the transformer.
> >> >
> >> > using CAT5 sounds interesting, but does that give
> >> > me a stereo pair or would I need two separate CAT5
> >> > cables?  As it is the Belden stereo cable is only about
> >> > $25 for the 60 foot run I need.
> >>
> >> You actually get four pair in a Cat5 cable.
> >> The advantage of Cat5 is that you can run
> >> video (and even computer network !) over
> >> it.  The audio cable is pretty much a one-
> >> trick pony.
> >>
> >> 75 ft of Cat5 is $11 at my local shop.
> >> Complete with connectors already installed.
> > 
> > And a couple of good audio transformers is probably ~ $200 !
> 
> And I'd bet that he will need transformers (of whatever
> grade) regardless of what kind of cable he uses.
> Running 65 feet of cable between pieces of
> consumer audio equipment in different rooms
> is a standard setup for hum and similar problems.
> 
> Perhaps you missed my reference to a $35 solution.

$15 for Cat6 and $20 left over for balancing transformers?  I don't 
think that would work well.

He gave links to balanced wiring.  Balanced audio allows for a bit of a 
grounding mismatch between equipment.  If his equipment sup****ts it, 
balanced wiring is by far the cheapest and highest quality way to do 
this.

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