In my experience the quality of the interconnections has almost as much
effect on the finished sound as does the quality of the speakers. I
strongly suggest that you avoid at all cost anything cheap to link these
devices.

I was going to point this out but going on the basis the OP seemed
quite happy with 'reasonably loud music' on telephone cable, I took it
he wasn't an audiophile as he would already know about quality OFC,
gold plated etc interconnects if he was. And, quality aint cheap, but
cheap was mentioned in the OP.

Do I understand that you are feeding the audio o/p from PC and DAB unit to
your amp? Then spend LOTS of money on the cables and connectors (consider
gold plated - they're not that dear) and do solder the cables. I expect
you'll only want to do this only once!

Unfortunately I can't remember the best practice for audio cable screen
connections to avoid earth loops - is it only connect the screen at one of
the devices? Doubtless someone else will advise.

Oh and it's www.MAPLIN.co.uk (no 'S')

Ooops, I'll try again then. www.maplin.co.uk look this time for part
no. XS39N. _Better quality!_

What's the story with the telephone junction box?




SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.