Re: need help choosing between line level cables

Serge Auckland wrote:

> "Don Pearce" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >
> > CAT5 is possibly the way to go. Are you sure about the crosstalk
> > though? With digital signals it is only necessary to get better than
> > about 10dB of isolation. I would want better than 90dB for audio,
> > particularly if carrying unrelated signals.
>
>
> I haven't measured the crosstalk using CAT5 cable myself, but I know of
> several radio stations that use unscreened multi-twisted-pair bundles
for
> line-level analogue audio and have no crosstalk issues.

But they WILL be running balanced circuits ! I don't see Cat5 as a
suitable
choice here at all when ordinary screened twisted pair (balanced) cable
doesn't
cost a fortune.

Graham