Andrew,
It depends, if you are really concerned about stuff like cable losses
transient noise, and stuff like that the high end connector/cables would
reduce that stuff. Probably for studio recording or live work you may want
those little extras. For just doing home tinkering it doesn't make that much
difference. The only exception may be the stiffness of the cables which
would help keep them out of the way.
Personally, I like to have the cables hanging down. It looks more technical
and complex.
Your Belden cable should work just fine. As I said before I use 50 ohm coax
for my cables. The one thing that is important is the connectors themselves.
The expensive ones discussed previously would not wear as much.
Jim
>From: Andrew Schrock <aschrock@...>
>Reply-To: motm@onelist.com
>To: motm@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [motm] Re: Patchcord kits - My Vote
>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:43:59 -0400 (EDT)
>
>From: Andrew Schrock <aschrock@...>
>
>All,
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>I have to ask.. what's the difference between the 'high end' cable Paul
>mentioned and the Belden cable which was discussed a month or so ago? I'm
>just wondering... I got 500' of Belden stranded coax for $30 at an
>electronics swap meet, was wondering if the $$ make a difference.
>
>Andrew
>
>-| Andrew Schrock | aschrock@... |-
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