[sdiy] Making patch cables

[Peter Grenader]

If we're talking 1/8 inch or 3.5mm, for me it's a why bother situation as
you can purchase sheilded/molded cables 2 feet in length at All Electronics
for $.65 each at a quantity of 100 and a whopping $1 each for less than that
quantity.  Add to the fact that I am 10 minutes from their outlet
store...it's gets very tempting.

At that point if two or three go bad...at this price, who cares!

- P


 Kevin Lightner wrote:

> Fwiw, Canare is pretty good wire, but has an impregnated carbon
> shield that has to be pulled back to avoid shorts at the connector
> ends. While this cable seems to be excellent in rejecting hum, I've
> found that the wire can be noisy and somewhat microphonic. This is
> based on usage several years ago though. The product may have changed
> since. I use Mogami, Belden, Carol and others nowadays.
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
>> Even Cheaper at redco.com for the NYS224 and they they carry both
>> mogami and canare cable  (W2524/2319 and GS-4/6).  I think they do
>> charge  handling fee for orders<$50USD but that's pretty easy to
>> overcome when you're building cables for a modular...am i right?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ken
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 9, 2005 1:44 PM, Jay <synthbaron at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Joseph Palermo wrote:
>>>> I want to look into making my own patch cables, 1/4" unbalanced, anyone
>>>> have any favs for brands of raw cable and jacks.
>>> 
>>> Canare GS-6 cable from Markertek :
>>> http://www.markertek.com/SearchProduct.asp?item=GS%2D6+BK&off=0
>>> 
>>> And NYS-224 Connectors from Full Compass:
>>> http://www.fullcompass.com/Catalog/catalog_pdfs/pdfs4/acc_connectors2.pdf
>>> 
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