Originally Posted by Frank
Shielding at least the audio twisted pair makes sense for RF rejection. CAT5 is 100 ohm cable. The AES standard for balanced digital is 110 ohm shielded twin-axial. My understanding is that impedance mismatch can cause jitter, but I guess 100 ohm is close enough to 110 ohm to work. However, since the idea is for installers to be able to wire with standard CAT5, using special CAT5 with shielded twisted pairs sounds a bit like belt and suspenders. I bet it's really nice cable though.

I've seen CAT6 cable that had individually shielded pairs. Same impedance.


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