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DIY Cat 5 speaker cables....

Hello all you fellow audiophiles, I Want to know if you think its a good idea to make some DIY cat 5 like the chris VenHaus ones. I heard that they have a large capacitance. And can cause an amp to ru hot or oscillate. I have a NAD C-370 and i dont think that i would have any poblems, but i just want to make sure. Also what do you think of this DIY cable? I would make a 10-12' Pair and i dont wanna spend a 100 bucks and hours making these is they wont work. Thanks all
haoleb

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natalie
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Replaced Audioquest Midnight with Cat 5..Amp runs fine.Does not run hot.
Use Plenum grade and use 2 runs 1 + 1 neg twist them toghther and then use a good quality shrink rap over them.Also use good quality spades.I used Cardas spades.
natalie
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You are right about the bottom end being good its very good.
I do use this cable in my HT set up.I will try it out in my 2 Channel set up sometime.
The plenum grade is teflon.
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