[sdiy] 3-conductor + shield cable recommendo

[cheater cheater]

Well, it should to some level. There's nothing worse than a cable that
breaks when you want to service a unit. But I wonder... what's better
after 10 years? 20 years? A flexible, stranded cable, or a solid-core
cable? Will the stranded cable oxidize and lose flexibility and easily
crumble away the first time it's touched? Or will the solid core break
in a point where it flexes five times over the course of 4 service
checks every 5 years? Will the flexible isolation melt away in the
warmth (not even mentioning heat) or will the less flexible isolation
end up warping? Is a stranded shield better, or is it better to have a
twisted shield? I don't know :-) I wonder what the answers to those
questions are.

D.

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 22:08, Graham Atkins <gatkins at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On 14 Feb 2010, at 21:02, cheater cheater wrote:
>
>> There's no reason at all that that a connection cable should suddenly
>> change in diameter/material when it passes the magical barrier called
>> a "chassis".
>
> Not at all. However going the "other way", cable used for internal wiring
> would not necessarily have the flexibility and abrasion resistance that a
> mic cable requires.
>
> Graham
>
>