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Dielectrics and such...??

Knowing a little about something can be dangerous! Having read about poor dielectric designs, static fields, EMI…etc., I don’t know if my idea of executing some shotgun runs of speaker cables is a good or bad idea….

I want to use double shotgun runs of Kimber 4tc per speaker. Rather than twist the runs together, I want to try keeping them separated at equal width throughout the runs. My thought is to “laminate” four equal lengths of the cables together with some type of clear tape (i.e.: separate and secure four lengths of cables by an equal and consistent width throughout the run – say one-inch - by “sandwiching” all four cable between heavy clear tape).

Question: will the tape itself hinder the dialectic properties of the cables (because I assume the tape is a poor dielectric)…??

What say you electrical engineer types?

Thank you.

_Ben
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jbuenech
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Hi Ben, here is my experience. I have Kimber 3033 and tried to protect them from dust by wrapping them up in a thin plastic sheet, those used to keep food in the fridge.

Result was a huge change in sound for the worst. Harsh, unmusical,..., forcing me to remove it. Once done, good sound returned.

I admit I covered the whole lenght of the cables with the plastic sheet. Maybe using a short lenght of tape might not have the same effect.

Good luck.

Chema
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