Has anyone heard or read anything about this? A sound engineer mentioned that people in his industry were getting good results. As always, your responses are appreciated.
I just recently (last weekend) finished building a bi-wire set of cables based on the Chris Ven Haus design. I absolutely love them! I used 9 pair for the highs and 18 pair for the lows. It is a pain in the butt to do all of the braiding but after listening I think it's worth the time. The cable to use is Belden 1585a. I have also read of others using the 1701a wire. I ordered mine from Radioshack.com, cost was 42.50 plus $10 for shipping for 170 ft. This makes a little more than 10ft pairs. For more info go to: www.geocities.com/venhaus1/diycatfivecables.html
Check over at the Asylum under the "cables" forum. They can refer you to several different designs by either Chris VH, Thorston Loesch via TNT audio, Jon Risch, etc... I have a couple runs of CAT 5 based cables and they do some things quite well. If you do them "right", it is a LOT or work though. Sean >
Yeah- CAT 5 cable is supposed to be good for single or biwire applications, especially the teflon insulated premium variety. You should be able to run a search and find DIY recipes. Its cheap enough that you could experiment to your hearts content.
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