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A LESSON IN LITZ
The word Litz comes from German word litzendraht, which means "braided wire". Litz is a bundle of multiple insulated strands that has a lower ac resistance than a single strand of the same cross sectional area due to it's configuration. This is due to the reduction of the skin effect (i.e. the current of an ac signal doesn't penetrate all the way into a conductor), but is limited by the mutual coupling between the strands as defined by Jim Lux (http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/hv/litz.htm).

Making your own Litz braid is incredibly easy. Listed below are directions from Dennis Boyle's page: (http://home.att.net/~chimeraone/audiolitzwirebraid.html)
The flat braiding technique is simple. It consists of taking the outside right strand and passing over strands into the center of the bundle. Then you take the outside left strand and pass it over strands including the one you just brought into the center. Then you repeat the sequence. Braiding a four strand interconnect works like this. LN is the left side negative lead. LP is the left side positive lead. RP is the right side positive lead. RN is the right side negative lead. The braiding sequence is as follows:

1. Pass RN over RP
2. Pass LN over LP and RN
3. Pass RP over LN
4. Pass LP over RP and RN
5. Pass LN over LP
6. Pass RN over LN and RP
7. Pass LP over RN
8. Pass RP over LP and LN

At the end of this braiding sequence, the strands are oriented exactly like they were at the start of your braiding sequence. The left negative, left positive, right positive and right negative are in the same position for connecting the braid to the exit RCA connector.

Some more in depth articles:
Skin depth and Conductors: http://www.w8ji.com/skindepth.htm
Charles Sullivan's Optimal Choice for Number of Strands in a Litz-Wire Transformer Winding: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sullivan/litzwire/litz.html