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Is shielding necessary on interconnects & speaker cables

I have a tube cd player and a intergrated tube amp. I am getting ready to buy speaker cables and interconnects. Do I need to buy shielded or unshielded cables. What are the pros and cons of each type.  Is there sonically any differences. I am leaning towards unshielded. Thanks
holman

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erik_squires
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Noise vs. capacitance.

Most people are fine with unshielded.
The shield in a cable acts as a capacitor plate, so it may introduce some rolloff, which may be desirable.
erik_squires
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@petware when you know you have a lot of induced noise. :)

Like if you are picking up a radio station, or motors or fluorescent lights.
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