@james1969 - Active Sheilding is an interesting subject, but appears to be an expensive and overly complicated one.
My own belief is that most of the noise on a power cable is actually induced between the conductors within the shield itself.
Take a look at this link for my reasoning and build instructions
http://image99.net/blog/files/be8de0c383c5434907610d6b55049e69-75.html
I’ve experimented with different cable architectures/geometries for many years and settled on the helix design because I found it to be the most noise-free geometry I had tried.
As an example
- I built a cable using high quality Furutech bulk cable
- I then removed the internal conductors and braided them
- the improvements were immediately noticeble
- I then built the Helix design using the Furutech conductor as the live and the improvements were even greater
I have compared the Helix to power cables up to $1500 and the Helix proved to be better each time
The first Helix cable I made was to prove the theory and was built from Romex - It outperformed the braided Furutech cable - but since solid wire is not permitted by code, I now use the stranded conductors listed in the link.
I feel that the materials listed in the link provides a :"great value" option, but I encourage anyone trying them to experiment with different conductors suited to their own budget.
Hope that helps - Steve
My own belief is that most of the noise on a power cable is actually induced between the conductors within the shield itself.
Take a look at this link for my reasoning and build instructions
http://image99.net/blog/files/be8de0c383c5434907610d6b55049e69-75.html
I’ve experimented with different cable architectures/geometries for many years and settled on the helix design because I found it to be the most noise-free geometry I had tried.
As an example
- I built a cable using high quality Furutech bulk cable
- I then removed the internal conductors and braided them
- the improvements were immediately noticeble
- I then built the Helix design using the Furutech conductor as the live and the improvements were even greater
I have compared the Helix to power cables up to $1500 and the Helix proved to be better each time
The first Helix cable I made was to prove the theory and was built from Romex - It outperformed the braided Furutech cable - but since solid wire is not permitted by code, I now use the stranded conductors listed in the link.
I feel that the materials listed in the link provides a :"great value" option, but I encourage anyone trying them to experiment with different conductors suited to their own budget.
Hope that helps - Steve