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What is the best dielectric?

A vacuum is the best dielectric? Since this is not pratical would air be the next best dielectric or would there be a better sounding dielectric like cotton?
Would there be a difference for speaker wire or interconnects?
Thanks

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12-21-08

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12-21-08 I’m no physicist but a gas, sodium hexafluoride, seems to qu ... Dweller

12-21-08 Teflon (ptfe) is better than most, and found in nordost and ... Jgreene

12-21-08 Yes- a vacuum is the best. but- containing vacuums and gase ... Rodman99999

12-21-08 Of the materials typically found in audio cables, natural un ... Dgarretson

12-21-08 that is a common misconception because people google dielec ... Cpk

12-22-08 Ah, but a tube filled with liquid nitrogen would be even mor ... Ait

12-22-08 Afaik foamed teflon in oversized tubes gives the lowest die ... Kijanki

12-22-08 Microporous ptfe is 1.4 - 1.5 depending density, no oversizi ... Cpk

12-22-08 This is the most complete table of dielectric constants i ha ... Tbg

12-22-08 Oversizing should lower dielectric constant since air has lo ... Kijanki

12-22-08 oversizing should lower dielectric constant since air has ... Cpk

12-22-08 There are several manufacturers using rectangular conductors ... Tbg

12-23-08 Cpk - there are several cables made with oversized tubes (mo ... Kijanki

12-23-08 On my sensitive system, dielectric's very audible noise is p ... Muralman1

12-23-08 Muralman - additional problem with speaker cables is skin de ... Kijanki

12-23-08 Kijanki, the proof is in the playing. having been trained in ... Muralman1

12-23-08 Muralman, you are going down the path taken by omega mikro s ... Tbg

12-23-08 Tbg, danged if you aren't right on the money. the boxy endin ... Muralman1

12-24-08: Cpk
Kijanki - yep, I am fully aware of that and like I said they have their drawbacks.
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