I'm intrigued... I just might give it a try. Here are my initial impressions/findings.
--I would choose a cable that is easy to work with. Soldering resistors to tiny wires can be quite a challenge, as can soldering tiny wires to interconnect ends.
--I'm a bit suspect about computing the intrinsic impedance of interconnects simply from the geometry of the cables. I have some nice cables that consist of teflon-coated silver wires twisted together--I don't think it's easy to calculate the impedance of those.
--However, I looked at three websites: Nordost, Alphacore, and Audioquest. Only Nordost gave an indication of cable impedance. On their Red Dawn interconnect cable, they give the capacitance per foot and inductance per foot. I used those values and the second formula in the Stereophile article and calculated a characteristic impedance Zc= 122 Ohms. (Understand, I have not particular bias for Red Dawn cable... I've never owned it and have no idea how easy it is to work with).
Okay, now I'm getting enthused about this.
--I would choose a cable that is easy to work with. Soldering resistors to tiny wires can be quite a challenge, as can soldering tiny wires to interconnect ends.
--I'm a bit suspect about computing the intrinsic impedance of interconnects simply from the geometry of the cables. I have some nice cables that consist of teflon-coated silver wires twisted together--I don't think it's easy to calculate the impedance of those.
--However, I looked at three websites: Nordost, Alphacore, and Audioquest. Only Nordost gave an indication of cable impedance. On their Red Dawn interconnect cable, they give the capacitance per foot and inductance per foot. I used those values and the second formula in the Stereophile article and calculated a characteristic impedance Zc= 122 Ohms. (Understand, I have not particular bias for Red Dawn cable... I've never owned it and have no idea how easy it is to work with).
Okay, now I'm getting enthused about this.