Re: EMC of sticky tape....

I read in sci.engr.electrical.compliance that Owain
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ing.google.com>) about 'EMC of sticky tape....', on Sat, 22 Nov 2003:
>John Woodgate wrote .
>> Owain wrote
>> >Slightly differently, I have learned to use only proper brand
>> >Sellotape for insulating (ahem) audio connections. El Cheapo no-brand
>> >tapes produce audio interference.
>>  How do they do that?
>
>Resistance/capacitance between the conductors presumably. Perhaps
>'interference' was the wrong word; it's more muddying and distortion.
>Like lump loading of a transmission line gone wrong.

Have you just twisted the wires together before applying El-Cheapo? And
was the onset of muddiness delayed for a while? If so, it's acid from
the tape corroding the wires. 
>
>I should add that I don't use fancy speaker wire in the belief it
>gives better sound :-)

Very sensible.
>
>Owain

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