Re: need help choosing between line level cables

In article <CL-dnffVt5DGNpnVnZ2dnUVZ_oSunZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Kevin McMurtrie" wrote ...
> > $15 for Cat6 and $20 left over for balancing transformers?
> > I don't think that would work well.
> 
> Actually, growing numbers of people find it ideal.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 1) The OP was asking about wiring his consumer audio
> equipment. The likelyhood that it has balanced inputs or
> outputs lies somewhere between slim and none.
> 
> 2) Cat5 (et.al.) *IS* balanced. In fact, it is balanced much
> better than most any cable sold for audio purposes. 

Sometimes only the green and orange pairs used for 10/100 Ethernet are 
balanced in Cat 5.  You don't know until you strip away a foot of the 
jacket.

Cat 5e, 6, and anything else sup****ting 1000Base-T Ethernet have four 
pairs that are well balanced.  Cat 6 has a "+" shaped spine to reduce 
the chance of crosstalk between pairs.

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