Unshielded Twisted Pair...?
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Unshielded Twisted Pair...?
Hi, all –
I'm in the early stages of designing a new sound system for the Beast. I see that some of the better equipment makers are now touting unshielded twisted pair (UTP) interconnects. Evidently some of the folks at carsound are touting them...but there are others who are discrediting UTP for mobile audio.
Anyone here have an informed opinion on these? It would be nice if they were good at noise rejection; their thinness would make them easy to route, plus they're not too expensive.
Thanks...
mz
I'm in the early stages of designing a new sound system for the Beast. I see that some of the better equipment makers are now touting unshielded twisted pair (UTP) interconnects. Evidently some of the folks at carsound are touting them...but there are others who are discrediting UTP for mobile audio.
Anyone here have an informed opinion on these? It would be nice if they were good at noise rejection; their thinness would make them easy to route, plus they're not too expensive.
Thanks...
mz
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I'm taking this out of a computer networking stand point but the have virtually the same application.
Unshielded twisted pair is fine if you are connecting to things that are relitively close, or do not route them near any high voltage source, or or objects that emit radio waves (ie surge protectors, floresent lights, car alternator, large speakers)
as long as you don't have the wiring cross dircetly in front of the speakers it should be ok, but I'd rather pay a little more to get better abd assured quality.
Unshielded twisted pair is fine if you are connecting to things that are relitively close, or do not route them near any high voltage source, or or objects that emit radio waves (ie surge protectors, floresent lights, car alternator, large speakers)
as long as you don't have the wiring cross dircetly in front of the speakers it should be ok, but I'd rather pay a little more to get better abd assured quality.
Tuned
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Coming from a broadcasting standpoint, we NEVER use UTP for anything, including audio and and computer connections.
With enough wire present, these connections act like little anteannas and pick up everything. If you are using these for an INPUT of an amp, you are asking for trouble. For speaker connections, I don't think it would make that much difference.
It's your choice.
MK
With enough wire present, these connections act like little anteannas and pick up everything. If you are using these for an INPUT of an amp, you are asking for trouble. For speaker connections, I don't think it would make that much difference.
It's your choice.
MK
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Solid wire is useless in a Audio system. You get a skin affect from the electrons. The wire is to easy to break from flexing.
I ran my phone lines with Strainded twisted pair speaker wire. The sound was so much better then the cheap solid wire form UTP.
I ran my phone lines with Strainded twisted pair speaker wire. The sound was so much better then the cheap solid wire form UTP.
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