Cat 5 cable for audio?

Those thinking about using Chris VH's 27 pair braided CAT 5 speaker wire design should be made aware that this is a high capacitance design. As such, it can send some amps into oscillation. If using anything more than just a very few feet of cable from amp to speaker, you need to take the same precautions with this design that you would with Goertz cables i.e. use a zobel network. Sean
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Chris's design is not as effective as a 16 Pair design.
Chris design is not the measure by which CAT 5 should be judged. Just my 2 cents.

Natalie, two questions for you regarding cables:

1) Since you've commented that you liked Listener magazine as a general rule and do not like Nordost products, what did you think of Editor Art Dudley drooling all over Nordost products in his review of them ?

2) What design / geometry of Cat 5 cables do you prefer over Chris' 27 pair design ? Is there some place on the net that has these for sale or tells one how to make them ?

Sean
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He wrote one puff piece. Felt so awfull for selling out to the Cable Barones that he quit rather than publish rubish.

As for the wire. No ,its just after building many pairs with different condctor counts that the 16 pair allways sounded the best. Chris design is good but overkill.