Reddit reviews Alphasonik 17 Feet Premium 6 Channel Hyper-Flex RCA Interconnect Signal Patch Audio Cable with X-Radial Twist Wire Technology 100% Oxygen Free Copper Element Certified Multiple Applications FLEX-R66
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LIFETIME WARRANTY | 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee | 17 Ft FLEX-Series X-Radial Twisted RCA | 6-Channel Interconnect CableHyper-Flex premium jacket | Dual injection nickel plated pressure grip split RCA endsX-Radial Twist Wire Strand Geometry with Hyper-Flex technology for better signal transferChannel-Link ID assists in the proper RCA identification and connectivity using color code and numeric channel recognition at the RCA plugsElement Certified - will withstand the most extreme conditions in every environment and under all elements such as heat, moisture, and others
No. Eliminate the unshielded twisted/braided cable, not the coax. Pretend braided isn't a thing for home audio (it should not be). Avoid stuff like this.
Unshielded twisted pair cables are good for balanced, differential signals. We use that in pro audio (though we almost always use a shield, too). Many car audio amplifiers have differential inputs, and it works there too.
Home audio gear doesn't work that way. It has single-ended inputs, which lends itself neatly to coaxial cable. You need a shield.
And you're overthinking this. Just score some coaxial wire (Monoprice if you're cheap, Canare GS-6 if you want something colorful and durable and not-too-spendy, or whatever fanciful inexpensive wire you find on Amazon). You can install your own ends if you want, but if it comes pre-terminated then that's fine too.
Directional interconnects are a thing, too, and they can work. I've built them myself and had them help reduce some particular problems that I was experiencing with common-mode noise. These consist of one (sometimes two) twisted pairs and a shield. Half of the wires get used for signal, the other half for ground. The shield is important and necessary for home audio interconnects. It is grounded on only one end.
But let me be very clear: If you're not experiencing problems (and most folks never do), then there's no advantage to using fancier wire than some manner of coaxial arrangement. It really doesn't matter at audio frequencies with typical domestic cable lengths. You can untwist some metal coat hangers, insulate them with plastic soda straws, plug them into RCA jacks in between to bits of gear, and wrap them with aluminum foil from the kitchen. It will work -- and sound -- fine.
(Not that I'm recommending this -- my intent is to show just how much it really doesn't matter.)
Now you're wondering: Why do pros get different stuff? Things change when you get into long wires with lots of tightly-spaced parallel runs. There can easily be 500 feet of wire between a microphone and its preamplifier in a live sound environment, which creates problems that we just don't have at home. At an extreme, I took special care in a circuit I used once that sent audio through ~37 miles of copper wire (which worked well for its purpose) -- but these problems don't exist at home.
And braided cable works for headphones, too: It is inherently a differential signal by virtue of the independent drivers, though induced noise is almost never even on the radar with modern low-impedance headphones at typical lengths (and by low-impedance, I mean something with a voice coil instead of the piezoelectric element that your great grandfather used with his kit-built crystal radio set -- which is essentially everything these days) and therefore it doesn't solve any problems there, either.