Cat-5 (good for in wall audio cable?)

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Anyone useing Cat 5 for in wall cable? Computers use it for Ethernet and it has no shield to cause ground loops.
 
Do NOT use CAT 5 for audio. No shield and solid conductors. VERY poor for audio.
 
True for ANALOG - but if you got $bux, there's this -

http://www.qscaudio.com/products/network/rave/rave.htm

Plus, if you work alone, have more than one room, and use a DAW, you should wire every place for Cat5 anyway - with a pair of Cat5 KVM extenders and a cheap LCD monitor/keyboard/mouse, you can control your entire system from anywhere within 500 feet of the 'puter -

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd..._Id=&Section_Id=1589&pcount=&Product_Id=87618

You run a cat5 patch bay in the CR, lines to it from everywhere you might want to record or listen, then patch to the desired place in the CR, take your porta-monitor setup into the room, plug into the cat5 in the room, and CONTROL...

Just don't buy it from Belkin, it's cheaper elsewhere (try pricewatch) Steve
 
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