How important is EMI and RFI rejection?


In designing a cable....and what cable manufactuer(s) excell...

Power cords
IC's
Speaker cables
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@jinjuku, I would beg to respectfully disagree with you on points 1 and 2.

Not sure how you would disagree with properly designed equipment, including in the umbrella of properly designed, not have needed filtration of AC mains: Transformer decoupled and Capacitor Filtered. 

Can we agree that EMI is going to show up as Voltage on the Outputs and it's going to have a FR characteristic (unless it's DC getting through which is a huge problem)?

On point #2: There just isn't EMI/RFI cofounder normally found in industrial environments. When we were wiring LAN and Serial for heavy stamping plants (think of presses the size of a small house and it was one of 12 in a large complex) along with CNC / 3 way milling machines. But up front in the conference room we installed Christie, JBL, Crown, Surge X and even though all in proximity no problems with the audio. 

Sorry but homes simply are not an issue. Even if we give credit to your 3D radiated emissions most homes are primarily stick and gypsum. HVAC being the biggest factor but it would only serve as an RF BLOCK.

You could put an HVAC duct 18" away from line level cabling and it's not going to affect anything. You could put a $400,000 scope on the output and you wouldn't be able to tell. 

If you don't have EMI/RFI then you have nothing to mitigate. And if you are worried? Get single ended IC's made out of RG59 that stuff is pretty much impervious. Or better yet balanced TRS or XLR. 

It's all about sound engineering and best practices using affordable, quality cabling and terminations. 
RFI/EMI is everywhere. It’s like Chickenman. He’s everywhere! He’s everywhere! 🐥 RFI/EMI comes in through the power cord, through the (exposed) fuse (hence the black material on certain fuses😛 ), in through open Input/output jacks, through unused wall outlets, and is generated by almost all microchips; also generated by microwaves ovens, even when they are OFF, cable TV boxes, and comes in through windows from the plethora of microwave towers, TV towers, radio stations, what have you. You just get used to the noise and distortion, that’s all. 😀