[sdiy] Using shielded cable with banana plugs?

[beschaving at gmail.com]

ah ok, so I'd have to solder all the shields from the 32 cables  
together at a ground point somewhere?

since I'll be using a 37-pin d-sub (they don't make 32 pin ones,  
afaik) I suppose I could solder all the shields to a spare pin there,  
and connect that to ground, although I fear this will become a mess...

thank you!



On Apr 6, 2008, at 19:13, "Dave Magnuson" <resonant at hoohahrecords.com>  
wrote:

> Hi Alex
>
> There is no benefit to a disconnected shield.
>
> However - you mention that this is a fan-out from D-sub to  
> bananas... You could always ground the shields at the D-Sub end.  
> This is considered a "telescoping ground" and should help.
>
> Dave
>
>
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> Subject: [sdiy] Using shielded cable with banana plugs?
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>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm planning to build a cable snake to run my Serge modules into a
>> 16x16 matrix. There will be 32 cables with Pomona-brand banana plugs
>> on the one end, all coming together on a Sub-D connector on the other
>> end.
>>
>> Considering that banana plugs just have a single "tip", no ground,
>> would there be any benefit to using shielded cables for this?
>> I mean, if the braided wires on the outside of a shielded cable  
>> aren't
>> actually connected to anything, does it still protect the signal from
>> interference?
>>
>> Thanks for any tips!
>>
>> Alex
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