[sdiy] 1/8th patch cables ? MOUSER

[Peter Grenader]

If you can live with 3.5mm instead of 1/8th inch, All Electronics sells 2
foot long cables for a buck each - $.65 each for 100 or more. They're great
- I've got over 50 of them.

- P




Lewis Bupp wrote:

> Mouser Electronics has some decent and fairly inexpensive cables.
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>> From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] 1/8th patch cables ?
>> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:03:37 -0500
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>> Quothe rkmoore at memphis.edu, from writings of Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at
>> 06:11:50PM -0600:
>>> All Electronics has some fairly low quality, but very inexpensive 3.5mm
>>> cables for sale: $0.90 apiece in quantities greater than 10.  To me
>>> building cables is tedious, especially with small connectors.  I never
>>> found quality plugs cheap enough to justify building my own cables.  I
>> 
>> Eh?  Have you found something wrong with Switchcraft or Neutrik
>> connectors?  I rarely use miniature connectors, but I find most
>> pre-made cables, these days anyway, to be ridiculously overpriced.  I
>> mean, 28 bucks in a local hardware store for a 12-foot "studio
>> quality" (hah!) set of cables, with RCA plugs, featuring molded plugs
>> that can't be taken apart and resoldered.  I'll just buy some 1/4" 90%
>> shielded cable and whatever type of connectors I need from Neutrik or
>> Switchcraft.  Yes, making cables can be a major pain, and seems like a
>> waste of time, but, it's often worth it since one gets the
>> dependability and repairability that one desires.
>> 
>>> bought about 30 cables from all electronics about 6 months ago and
>>> haven't had one fail yet.
>> 
>> Six months?  What happens with them within six years? :-)
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