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And therein lies the rub in regard to the human perceptual apparatus, and we're all prone to its foibles. Even when we arm ourselves with empirical data from double-blind tests and whatnot, there is always a danger of falling into that trap. Fortunately, if someone buys expensive wire, they're just out more money than they need to have spent...it's not going to kill anyone or cause a plague.
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But Naked Emperor Syndrome is alive and well...
Todd in Cheesecurdistan
And therein lies the rub in regard to the human perceptual apparatus, and we're all prone to its foibles. Even when we arm ourselves with empirical data from double-blind tests and whatnot, there is always a danger of falling into that trap. Fortunately, if someone buys expensive wire, they're just out more money than they need to have spent...it's not going to kill anyone or cause a plague.
But Naked Emperor Syndrome is alive and well...
Todd in Cheesecurdistan
Good point. The wine tasters may have disagreed on which ones tasted better but they did acutally taste a difference. And as a wine lover, but clearly no expert, I can tell the difference between wines 100% of the time in unsighted tasting tests. In fact, that's SOP for us wine nuts. We only look at the bottle AFTER the tasting. But not all of us fit that article. I drink many wines at $15 a bottle and under that are superb. In fact, most wine lovers, not investors, LOOK for excellent wines as cheap as we can find them. Then we share with other enthusiasts and gloat over our finds.
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Good point. The wine tasters may have disagreed on which ones tasted better but they did acutally taste a difference. And as a wine lover, but clearly no expert, I can tell the difference between wines 100% of the time in unsighted tasting tests. In fact, that's SOP for us wine nuts. We only look at the bottle AFTER the tasting. But not all of us fit that article. I drink many wines at $15 a bottle and under that are superb. In fact, most wine lovers, not investors, LOOK for excellent wines as cheap as we can find them. Then we share with other enthusiasts and gloat over our finds.
Yes, but Cat5 is 24 gauge IIRC and looks like this.
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The net gauge is 18. So, if you cut it in quarters so that you can double it up, you've got 15 gauge (one for positive, one for negative) leaving you with 125 feet. Now, you could just leave it at that. Or, you could cut it in half again and you've got 11 gauge, leaving you with 62 feet. 12 gauge at say PartsExpress for the 'nicer' stuff is about $60. 500' of Cat5e at the same place is about $67.
So, yeah, you can buy that 500' spool but consider that...
it costs a bit more
you've got to cut it to length
you probably ought to braid it
you maybe ought to cover it
you'll be stuck with wire that's pretty friggin inflexible compared to something that's multi-stranded to begin with.
There must be something better to do with one's time that to play Betsy Ross. There's no real net savings and all you've done is proven that you can make the wire you need and take longer to do so.
The net gauge is 18. So, if you cut it in quarters so that you can double it up, you've got 15 gauge (one for positive, one for negative) leaving you with 125 feet. Now, you could just leave it at that. Or, you could cut it in half again and you've got 11 gauge, leaving you with 62 feet. 12 gauge at say PartsExpress for the 'nicer' stuff is about $60. 500' of Cat5e at the same place is about $67.
So, yeah, you can buy that 500' spool but consider that...
it costs a bit more
you've got to cut it to length
you probably ought to braid it
you maybe ought to cover it
you'll be stuck with wire that's pretty friggin inflexible compared to something that's multi-stranded to begin with.
There must be something better to do with one's time that to play Betsy Ross. There's no real net savings and all you've done is proven that you can make the wire you need and take longer to do so.
It's an investment my man. Copper futures and all that
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I've never understood the desire to use Cat5 for speaker wire. It's the wrong stuff for the application. The fact that it works fine should shred the belief in the high-priced stuff, but it doesn't.
A bit more on topic, I think "Everclear" would be a great name for overpriced speaker wire.
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I've never understood the desire to use Cat5 for speaker wire. It's the wrong stuff for the application. The fact that it works fine should shred the belief in the high-priced stuff, but it doesn't.
A bit more on topic, I think "Everclear" would be a great name for overpriced speaker wire.
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