Yes, it is the recommended wiring method to double the wires on mic
cable when possible for the reason of possible breakage of the inner
wire putting you out of recording. It will not reduce the signal
strength at all to do this and in fact will improve it.
At audio frequencies, the current will take all possible paths, not
just a lower resistance. Resistance does not change the speed of the
current. This is not true at radio frequencies but then it would be
more recommended to double the wire because of "skin effect".
There is no better cable than what you are using unless you want a
lot more weight and then you would not hear a difference, ever.
Rich
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> The WL-183 /minidisk project is moving forward but I have a
question
> about using more than one wire to carry the microphone signal. I
> have a piece of four conductor shielded Canare cable. I am
> thinking of using the shield as ground and then double wire the
> other microphone leads (if one line were to break I would have a
> backup feed). Would this possibly reduce the signal strength being
> transmitted? Or would the signal just take the line of least
> resistance. I have other cable that I can use in place of this
idea.
> Jerry White Muscatine, IA
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