[Walt]

On 10/12/2010 7:45 PM, August Karlstrom wrote:
On 2010-10-12 21:58, Walt wrote:

And as Audio Empire notes, even if it isn't shielded it probably won't
matter. Think of shielding like waterproofing - you don't need to
waterproof your gear for use in your living room, likewise you don't
need shielding for short runs in a low RF environment.

By the way, do you know if the "pollution" from wireless networks may be
an issue in this context?

As others have noted, the answer is very likely "no". WIFI is fairly
low power so it's propensity to cause interference is correspondingly low.

As an aside, I should note that while shielding probably won't make a
difference in your situation, for phono interconnects it might. Your
line level device is going to put out a signal on the order of 1 volt
while a phono signal is typically around 1 microvolt, or about 3 orders
of magnitude lower. Thus it takes 1000 times less interference to be
audible in a phono signal vs a line level signal. Of course, this
doesn't mean that you should spend big $$$$ on a phono cable.


It's interesting to note that there seems to be a consensus in this
newsgroup about the (lack of) influence of cables. In the high-end
community as a whole I guess there are more diverse opinions about the
issue.

Many of the posters here are professional audio engineers with a sound
education in physics. It's a different mindset than the "magical
thinking" one often finds in the audiophile press, and probably
responsible for the difference.

//Walt