Cat5 speaker cables

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arcastro
arcastro Posts: 12
edited December 2006 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Has anyone actually tried to use cat5 wire as speaker cables? I have read some reviews on the internet stating this is better than high end speaker cables.
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  • arcastro
    arcastro Posts: 12
    edited December 2006
    Forgot to post the article.

    http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/interconnects/DIYSpeakerCablesp1.html
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2006
    A large part of the effectiveness of speaker cables is the amount and composition of the materials. I'm pretty sure cat5 is just copper, and certainly not very thick, so it doesn't make much sense that it would be a good speaker wire.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2006
    if Cat5 was any good.. we'd all be using it. show of hands who's using cat5 for speaker cables? ;)
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited December 2006
    I believe MrBigBlueLight is using Cat5 for reasons only known to him:D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2006
    Yup, the one thing I have more coils of in my house than speaker wire would be Cat5 cable. :)
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  • univera
    univera Posts: 848
    edited December 2006
    I haven't actually demoed them, but I have a pair (if I can find them) that I got as part of a deal. They are pretty long and nicely wound if you'd like to give them a rip. $25.00 for the pair. It would take one a good while to coil these...
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  • SLOCOOKN
    SLOCOOKN Posts: 704
    edited December 2006
    If a lambo was battery powered and could go only 5 miles some people would still buy it. However to really enjoy a Lambo it must preform like a Lambo should.
    Numbers are great to look at but what is the sound that is comming out of them.
    This is the preformance not shown here. I am aware that this is your question to this post, yet it seems to be a simple answer..The testing was weighted to numbers and cost. All in all it's subjective once sound is produced anyway.. Good luck in your "QUEST"....lol
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,645
    edited December 2006
    I was going to try this, have the boxes of cable laying around. I just couldn't work up enough energy to spend that much time weaving it.
    It's supposed to work well with some amps, and like crap with others.
    It has some odd capacitance and inductive values when you do it right.
    It will change your sound. The question is, for the better?
    This is an extreme.
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited December 2006
    I use it for my rears and have woven 6 strands together for front use. They had a strong bass and decent midrange but were lacking on the higher freqs. They might have sweetened with time but I never gave them the chance.
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  • Deadof_knight
    Deadof_knight Posts: 980
    edited December 2006
    Thats where the higher quality wire shows its stuff to me the higher frequencies are crisper more detailed. It all sounds better I pick up on the Higher very quick though. If cat 5 is good (IMHO yea right) Im glad ive got like 500 yards of it and it also means I can have speakers in every room now SWEET!
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