Power Interference on an Audio cable

class="googleright">Inductance is an audible transfer of a hum, buzz,
I get asked questions quite often during annoise or interference transferred from one cable
installation for advise about cabling techniques. Oneto another cable. In quite simple terms, noise on
of the most often asked questions isone cable goes to another within a certain
“Can't I just run my speaker cables rightdistance.
beside my power cables” orElectrical cables have A/C (alternating current)
“can speaker wires run next to electricalrunning through them. A typical home in America
cables?” The quick short answer ishas 110 Volts A/C at 60Hz (hertz). Some A/C
“No”, with a quick explanation ofoutlets (used for Dryers, Stoves and other limited
noise. I want to cover why running speaker wiresdevices) have 220 Volts A/C at 60Hz. Some
next to electrical cables is a bad idea.countries use 110 at 50Hz or 220 at 50Hz.