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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Natural Sound on February 20, 2017, 05:37:51 AM

Title: STP vs Cat5
Post by: Natural Sound on February 20, 2017, 05:37:51 AM

I've noticed a progression from STP to Cat5 for input and output wiring in recent Bottlehead products. I'm curious as to why. Does it have to do with one wire sounding better than another? Ease of use? Something else?

Title: Re: STP vs Cat5
Post by: Paul Birkeland on February 21, 2017, 06:49:35 AM

The CAT5 sounds a bit better, is a bit easier to work with, and takes up quite a bit less space under the chassis plate. When you look at the fat bundle of STP cable runs on a Stereomour 1 vs. the CAT5 on Stereomour 2, the space savings becomes apparent.

Title: Re: STP vs Cat5
Post by: xcortes on February 21, 2017, 06:59:43 AM

How about the shielding Paul

Title: Re: STP vs Cat5
Post by: Paul Birkeland on February 21, 2017, 07:38:02 AM

Both are shielded.