Roedelheim
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Don't get me wrong, I am a hooligan for shielded cables! But this has the potential to open another funny round, and it is even more funny to follow with a drink, an Honduras and popcorn. 
Let's update power cable with something shielded
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dangermouse
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Don't get me wrong, I am a hooligan for shielded cables! But this has the potential to open another funny round, and it is even more funny to follow with a drink, an Honduras and popcorn.
Google was no help on that one.
Roedelheim
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That's a cigar, handmade in Honduras.
I'm generally open to people experimenting to see if a particular tweak or modification improves sound quality, but this rather strikes me as a solution in search of a problem. But, I'm also not a member of the audiophile club and refuse to join.
Shielding prevents capacitive coupling to/from nearby wires. It can prevent voltages induced in adjacent cables connected to high impedance sources/loads (but those cables are shielded, or should be). A shield does nothing for the magnetic field that can induce currents in nearby wires.
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Must be like this!"Rolled on the thighs of dusky maidens"?
Roedelheim
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Exactly! And today it is most likely and political correct "on the thighs of however one defines its gender"
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These particular shielded cables also have a ferrite coating on each conductor.
It's a very specific industrial cable in its design and manufacture...for use in " highly polluted" or sensitive environments...eupen didn't wait for the "audiophile topic" to be realized.
I simply mentioned its existence...and that it had already been repurposed years ago , early 2000s, for our uses among DIY enthusiasts (at least in France...but produced by one of our neighbors).
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I simply mentioned its existence...and that it had already been repurposed years ago , early 2000s, for our uses among DIY enthusiasts (at least in France...but produced by one of our neighbors).
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I am not sure how much effect the ferrite coating has since the power cables they sell also have an in line filter module.
What did you use for plugs?
I find it hard to believe a ferrite coating is going to add anything to the shielding. Certainly nothing at 60 Hz.
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Their own cables use an in-line filter as well so you are probably right.
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Because power cables can couple into signal cables via magnetic fields. A shield will have no effect on magnetic fields, only electric fields. It is the same reason why toroidal power transformers have been used in better quality audio gear for decades- they have less magnetic field leakage than EI transformers. A shield on a power cord "solves" a nonexistent audio problem. It does, however, help solve the sellers boat payment problem.
