Cables for Mixed Jacks

[mark verbos]

Matthew S. Padden wrote:
> 
> Hi..
> 
> >
> >  So why not get the best of both worlds and use normalized 1/4" (or
> >1/8") ,jacks for all inputs and bananajacks for your outputs?! The only
> >downside ,is that you'd have to make your own cables, but you could kmake
> >'em from shielded 1/4" cables with the sleeve connected at one end only.
> >                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Whilst this seems a good idea, you can actually end up with more noise than
> you would using completely unscreened cables. The cable screen starts
> acting like an aerial; I had interference nightmares in my studio patchbay
> due to exactly this approach.


so, just don't use a shield at all. just because you are using a
connector that supports a shield (1/4" or 1/8") doesn't mean you have to
use one.
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