Since teflon coated copper/silver wire goes for approximately $0.50/$2.50 per foot, I though I'd do some weaving. Are weaves just glorified twisted pairs? What improvements does a 3 wire weave have over a 3 twisted wires? Do weaves need shielding? Does mixing copper and silver (different...

After scouring this site, I have been unable to answer the, seemingly, simple question: What do you do with the return wires? Briefly, In a balanced cable you would have a signal wire, a return wire and a ground wire for each channel. That's 6 wires to solder to 3 plug connection points on...