[sdiy] preferred shielded cable, connectors

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In a message dated 4/22/04 12:07:27 PM, jay at denonville.com writes:

<< Every single commercial cable I've ever seen has both ends of the shield
terminated.
 >>

This makes sense.  If they wanted to make a cable that had only one ground 
connection, they'd have to label it so you'd know which end was grounded, and in 
order to take really advantage of the benifit of such a cable, the user would 
need to be careful to plug it in with the ungrounded end connected to sources 
(outputs) and the grounded end connected to destinations (inputs).  Most of 
us want to just grab the cable and plug it in, and not worry about such 
details.  The one-end-grounded cable, however useful, probably doesn't have a lot of 
commercial appeal.

Michael Bacich