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Re: Re: Flat Speaker Cable to under Carpet (Good Quality)



Thanks for the offer Nick, i'll speak to you after they've installed the rest of the AV Equipment saturday.

----- Original Message -----
From: "nick_towers2000" <nickt@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 2:59 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Flat Speaker Cable to under Carpet (Good Quality)


(Second attempt at posting this reply so if its duplicated I'm sorry)
If you want a short length of low profile (flattish) CAT5 cable,
suggest stripping the insulation off some UTP CAT5, then sandwiching
2 of the twisted pairs (thats all you'll need) between strips of
insulating tape, then laying under your carpet. Not very elegant but
cheap & easily done.
In your shoes I would personally want to check out whether you can
actually hear any difference between the KAT5 approach, and different
qualities of speaker cable before committing to one method or
another. If you want to borrow my pair of KAT5's for a couple of days
to check this out, please email me off list.
HTH
Nick

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Chris Bond" <chris@l...> wrote:
> Its routing the cat5 cable under the carpet though - SWMBO will go
insane at
> me!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@e...>
> To: <ukha_d@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:43 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Flat Speaker Cable to under Carpet (Good
Quality)
>
>
> KAT5'll be cheaper!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bond [mailto:chris@l...]
> Sent: 20 June 2002 10:38
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Flat Speaker Cable to under Carpet (Good
Quality)
>
>
> I want to go the KAT5 route as my long-term aim but I think flat
cable is
> the going to be fine for my short-term aim. The closest i've found
so far is
> the Nordost Flatline Gold - but its f********* expensive 2m of the
cable is
> like =A390.  I've got about 6m and a 7m run to do with flat cable= .
>
> Kind Regards,
> Chris Bond
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@e...>
> To: <ukha_d@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:12 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Flat Speaker Cable to under Carpet (Good
Quality)
>
>
> Chris,
>
> I like the QED "flat" cable, but I think you're going the wr= ong way
about
> this...
>
> For the benefit of the rest of the group, I'll just list two other
things I
> _know_ about your installation :-)
>
> 1: You're using a separate power amp for the rear channels.
>
> 2: You can't do a CAT5 install where you are.
>
> I think you should run a single CAT5 cable and a pair of KAT5 units to send
> the signal front->back at line level, stick the power amp in
between the
> rears, and use a short run of the IXOS cable you already own there. >
> Total cost: About =A3100
>
> Does it work?
>
> Well, I think it sounds great on mine :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bond [mailto:chris@l...]
> Sent: 20 June 2002 08:27
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: [ukha_d] Flat Speaker Cable to under Carpet (Good Quality) >
>
> Hi,
>
> Im after some good quality Flat Speaker cable that will go under
the carpet.
> Ive just spent lots of money upgrading my sound system the weekend
and as
> part of the deal I got a Dolby/DTS Processor and some rear
speakers.  SWMBO
> went mad at me last night  when I put a thick IXOS cable under th= e
carpet as
> it can be seen and fealt under there!  I dont mind paying up to around =A3100
> for the cable if its high quality.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Chris Bond
>
>
>
>
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