I haven't changed my interconnects (or even speaker cables) for 15+ years and as I have been using fully balanced components forever, my interconnects are Kimber KCAG which are not shielded, have no outside sheath and are just the wire conductors covered in a clear insulator with the three wires weaved together, as shown below (not to scale!!!... much thinner in real life):
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Now I like to browse sites like "Mono and Stereo" and "Six Moons" to see how the "other half" live.
On either site, I often see examples of cables (see below) where the diameter of the overall cables is very large (in comparison to the conductors)
Potentially power cables might have some thick conductors which contribute to some of the girth but for stuff like XLR and RCA cables, no way.
So given my current interconnects are about as skinny as you can get, I always wonder what the heck is inside hosepipe sized cables and what "science" is used to justify whatever they are stuffed with. And obviously we have seen some with anaconda like proportions.
Anyone know the general cable issues that these designs attempt to overcome (see additional post below)
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