Recent content by Psyd

My answer to "how should *x* cable be coiled is always, "However the cable's owner asks you do do it." If the cable's owner want to destroy his cables because he doesn't know any better, that is his prerogative. I've described the advantages and disadvantages on straight coiling vs over-under...

What you're doing with a figure eight is creating a giant capacitance, much in the same way that the twists in your mic and data cables does. Oddly, over-overing your cables will destroy that capacitance which is why we over-under them. The twists, especially in data, are remarkably important...