How important Is shielding with RCA wires? (Ethan Winer, new video)

I have made a lot of interconnects but almost always shielded them and then I tried a couple of sets unshielded just for kicks.  I didn't hear any noticeable difference between the shielded or unshielded cables in my system so since then I have included the shield for the reasons stated by others, and because I didn't hear any negative effect on the sound because of the shielding.  I believe there are many things that have a greater influence on how dynamic a system sounds than cable shielding.  Plus, well-regarded manufactured cables at all price ranges use shielding.

@three_easy_payments - I will try to hide all my whiskey bottles better than Mr. Winer did.

Easy - mine are nowhere near that big!

+1 @mapman ​​​​@mitch2

i recall that there was a reputable cable maker some time ago (don’t remember who now) who argued that shielding rca i-c’s could hurt the sound a little, but even then that maker admitted that there are many times/places/systems that need the benefits of proper shielding (usually in the context of truly minute phono signals and their connections), which outweighed the minor sonic decrement

i have some unshielded ic’s and but most i have are shielded - and i don’t have the same ic that is constructed with and without shielding as the only difference, so i can’t really say if it helps

and i like others here, have always use shielded connections for analog

The one possible downside to shielding is you add capacitance, and therefore risk (slightly) rolling off the high end of a signal. Math says this should not matter usually. 

Personally I build all my cables with a shield, for what it's worth.

I watched the video. It’s so ….. sad. Hopefully the cats are doing well.

The “assistant” is such a nice gentle woman. 

I feel bad for the Lady she has got some serious bone spurs or bunions on her big toes. Looks painful. Drugs!! After 20 plus maintenance surgeries and 3 major ones. I can spot pain. The broken neck, 4 blown disk, and 1/2" rod that went through me was considered minor, the nutty thyroid tumors it got pretty serious. It's what I get for picking up 20 tons of stuff everyday for 45 years.. Maybe it was setting the 20 tons back down that did the damage. :-)

Now it's 20 pounds. I still cheat I use leverage. I figure 300 with a 6 foot 2x4 is close. :-)

Back to Mr. Winters. I do like some of his panels. The problem is I'm not to fond of him. He has to keep me awake, or be funny, or wild, or really really witty, or good looking, or begging for money.

I hope he don't take up savin' souls, we're all in a heap of trouble.. 

I feel the fire lappin' at my feet, of course in monotone 40 as flat as a pancake.

Use his voice as a test tone, because it never changes. I could hear him say "battle stations, battle stations". Everyone would just stay sleeping, taking a dump, eatin' breakfast, and polishin' atom bombs. Ops, you missed a spot.

Did he say "BATTLE STATION", or addled Administration? I think it was the latter.

Regards