Twisted or Straight?


I searched Audiogon for info on inductance and capacitance. From an excellent post by Sean on March 24, he explains that inductance increases with wire spacing ant that capacitance increases as wires move closer together. Therefore, a twisted pair raises capacitance as contact between wires is increased. On the other hand, I'm a bit confused in that I thought winding wire would increase inductance.
Here is my question: For an ac power cable running from the panel box to the outlet, would it be better to run twisted wire or straight (i.e., parallel) wire? Specifically, I'm referring to twisting the hot, neutral and ground vs. having them run parallel? I've read strong preferences for both. Per Subaruguru's post, straight romex increases inductance and allows unwanted high frequencies to roll off. Other posts suggest that twisted is better. Please help me sort this out since I am running dedicated lines to my stereo. Thanks in advance.
ozfly
Marakanetz - The di/dt currents in the power cord are what matters. IF it is too inductive, the drops can be in the Volts, not mVolts. I have one of the lowest inductance cords on the market and it is getting rave reviews when used with power amps. If you read my description on my poer-cord page, it describes how the voltage drops can occur. Poor power cords can have the same effect that plugging into multiple power strips has, except on transients. If your amplifier has switching supply, the impact of a low-inductance power cord may be much less, because of the regulation.

BTW - twisting the two current-carrying wires has the additional benefit of radiating a smaller magnetic field that can impinge on nearby interconnects compared to two parallel wires.
Thanks Will, I completly forgot about the Virgins :^)

Just as long as your having fun and not burning down the house it really doesn't matter what you do IMO.

I ran six dedicated circuits to start and am now kicking myself I didn't run ten. There's just something about isolating every component, sub woofer and powered woofer section that really turns me on, and this time I'm being serious

The noise floor dropped dramatically with three circuits to two seperate systems. I can't help but wonder how much lower it can go.
This thread just keeps on getting better & better. Wow; 6 to 10 times the work that I had to do for my single dedicated line; is it really 6 to 10 times quieter? Could certainly be, but I really don't think I want to get that involved in this scenario. Have at it; whatever floats your boat is fine with me too.
Oz: I didn't mention above (I'm just not THAT into it) that some have found wire directionality to be a sonic issue, just as in audio cabling. That why I suggest aligning the printing on the insulation with all wires running the same way. I didn't try this myself, but some have temp'd in the wiring, listened for a day, then turned the whole thing around in the opposite direction & listened again. Hard to believe I know, but the results were that one direction sounded better than the other direction. By the time I had read about this, my own ded. line was already weeks old so I figured it was pretty much broken in & would only sound worse if turned around so I didn't bother with that test. Of course YMMV.
Bob,

It's really not that much more labor to run three circuits as opposed to one. I ran the circuits in 3/4" pipe (One to each location). Then pulled the wire, made up the devices, terminated the breakers, test the system and BINGO WE HAVE A WINNER! I actually have room in the conduits to pull more circuits but that sounds to much LIKE WORK!!!