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I just made these....
« on: April 01, 2004, 08:20:31 AM »
http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/triple_t_e.html

and they are freaking amazing!

I only have a pic of the room i will post some pics of the cables later
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« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2004, 08:45:32 AM »
what i would be curious about is the shielding capabilities of the cable.  Cat5 isnt thought of as the highest shielding cable in the world, though cheap speaker cable isnt either.  

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Re:I just made these....
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2004, 08:54:43 AM »
hey there blake,
they only cost 14 bucks to make minus the banana clips.
I think you should go out and give it a try.
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« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2004, 09:17:02 AM »
im totally not knocking it, im just curious about the shielding aspect of them

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« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2004, 10:08:30 AM »
didn say you were dude.
what are you worried/curious about the cable being sheilded from?
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Re:I just made these....
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2004, 11:05:20 AM »
what I did was make three pairs  braid those I stripped about 5" of the outer sheath. the I paired the coloured wires and then the striped. this is my red and black I terminated one end with bananas and then one with pins.

I haven heard any weird noise. I wouldnt know what to look for either though.

All that I know is the bass is sooo tight now. not boomy at all.

to all those that plan on doing this....

start the braid from the middle and work your way out. this way you will have less cable to manage.
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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2004, 11:44:52 AM »
ive got enough cat 5 lying around to network the house 10 times over, i will give it a shot and do some comparisons with what ive got :-)  +T

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« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2004, 12:03:02 PM »
im totally not knocking it, im just curious about the shielding aspect of them

Doesn't the braiding help reject RF noise?  There are a lot of very expensive speaker cables out there that don't use sheilding.
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« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2004, 01:40:10 PM »
Yes, the braiding helps.  Look at like Kimber cables, they are braided and use no shielding.  There are a few CAT5 recipes floating around.  Chris VenHaus recipe is pretty popular.  


+T for having the patience to strip all those little wires.


Edit:  BTW, almost everything I read about those cables mentioned that they take a few hundred hours to break in and then they sound even better.
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« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2004, 02:10:19 PM »
dunno bout a hundred hours
they sound good on the first go!

If you dont have one already you will need a stripper that does 24 gauge.

also I would recomend solid core Cat5
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« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2004, 01:53:42 AM »
this thread inspired me to sit down and make a pair of these to replace my crappy speaker cables.  i haven't had a chance to listen to it a whole lot but it sounds like a layer of mud was taken off of the music, the difference is most noticeable in the bass.  i'll have to admit i wasn't expecting cables to make much of a difference, boy was i wrong.  looks like the next project will be making my own interconnects and maybe some power cables.  

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Re:I just made these....
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2004, 11:19:28 AM »
thank you I couldnt agree more.
isnt it cool making something yerself and saving a bunch of money?
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2004, 11:34:51 AM »
i read an interesting article about break in on cables, basically that time is less for the cable and more for your ears to attenuate to the sound of the cable.  

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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2004, 11:35:49 AM »
additionally thats up for debate

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« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2004, 12:01:11 PM »
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