Are ferrites effective for cabling?


Good day.  I have several ferrites in varying sizes.  Are they effective for eliminating noise or stray inductance/capacitance?  If so, would they be best utilized on interconnects or speaker cables, or both?  Or, should they not be used at all?  TIA for your thoughts.
wisciman99

Showing 8 responses by geoffkait

Just a brief note. Hiss isn’t really the kind of noise that ferrites address. Assuming that ferrites worked on audio cables, which they don’t.  Carry on. 🕺🏻
Not sure I go along with making 10 loops in an audio cable to reduce stray RF, i.e., turning the cable into an inductor.

“The major goal of high end cables is to reduce inductance as much as possible.” - Tara Labs, maker of ultra low inductance audio cables

I am not diminishing the problem of stray RF, as we are swimming in a pool of RF.
Exactly! And it seems like such a good idea, too. File it along with other things that don’t work, like lead, Sonex, ERS cloth and keep moving. A rolling pebble gathers no moss.
I’m pretty sure you’ll find the answer is .....no. They do work quite well on non-audio related cords, though. I mean, to improve the sound, in case my statement is ambiguous. Oh, no offense to anyone who thinks they work on audio cables.