SV: [sdiy] 3-conductor + shield cable recommendo

[John Alex Hvidlykke]

What's better, only the future knows.

But the wiring I made in the late 80's and early 90's with Musiflex
microphone cable are still as flexible as back then.

\John



> 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
> >