Do what I do, borrow a cable here and there from your friends and never
return them. Pretty soon you have more cables than you will ever need.
that was a joke
james holloway wrote:
> From: "james holloway" <jimh54@...>
>
> I make my own out of small gauge coax cable. so count me out.
> Jim
>
> >From: Cary Roberts <Cary.Roberts@...>
> >Reply-To: motm@onelist.com
> >To: Mark T <mmt@...>
> >CC: motm@onelist.com
> >Subject: Re: [motm] Patchcord kits - My Vote
> >Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 09:35 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >From: Cary Roberts <Cary.Roberts@...>
> >
> > >Canare L-4E6S Star Quad @ $0.43 / foot 1000' @ $379.00
> > >
> > >This is a heavier cable than the L-2T2S (4 - 21 AWG conductors plus a
> > >braided shield)
> > >Also, it is manufactured in more colors:
> > >Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Green, Purple, Orange, Red, Yellow, White.
> > >I've used this cable extensively - road abuse proven - and prefer it
> >over
> > >anything else out there.
> >
> >Star Quad is a pain in the @$$ to strip and prep for soldering. It's
> >fine when you need top notch mic cables for long runs in the studio,
> >but I don't see where anyone wants to spend 15 minutes prepping a single
> >cable. A single conductor spiral shielded cable takes less than two
> >minutes to prep and solder. Trust me on this, I'm soldering together
> >seven 96pt patchbays terminated to EDACs, and 36 16pair EDAC to TRS
> >cables. Time is money, and if I had to spend 15min/pair prepping cable,
> >I'd never get done.
> >
> >-Cary
> >
> >