Cat 5 cable for audio?

Yes, Chris VenHaus is very knowledgeable on the CAT 5.

I replaced AudioQuest Midnights with Cat 5.I used 4 runs of it 2 pos 2 neg. I use it in MY HT set up.
Economy of Scale. If I where to sell this CAT 5 Commercially, it would sell for over 300.00 Very labour intensive to make and I used Cardas Spades.

If you are a DIY and have 5/10 hours to kill go for it.

Single runs are better than average cables but if you double up twist them shrink wrap and use good connectors they are very good..
Plenum grade as a Minimum.

Thanks everyone for the input! I can always rely AGoners. Probably will give it a try. As a network admin guy, I have a couple of 1000 ft spools of Belden Datatwist 1585A verified Cat 5 in my office. I've been staring at it for a couple of days saying "Hmmm, I wonder...."

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.