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Since this group seems to be very keen on cables, I have a few studio
wiring questions to ask. Any advice is welcome, either publicly or privately.

I'm just finishing off a room in my basement for my studio. The floor has
been raised and there are channels in the floor so I can run wires under
the floor fairly easily. I like to organize my studio around different
work areas, mostly based around different synths. Each area has a submixer
and Neutrik patchbay with 8 balanced trunk lines running to the console
area. This allows me to route things easily to various parts of the studio
as needed. When recording, I run the source into a direct box or preamp
near the work area and run balanced lines to an A/D converter so the
submixers are only used to keep things available for playing around or
composing.

In the past, I have used Hosa 8-channel snakes for most of this wiring. My
results have been mostly good but I wonder if I could do better. Most of
the runs will be under 20'. Should I:

- Stick with the Hosa snakes
- Make my own snakes out of multiple cables using nice cable and connectors
- cable recommendations welcome.
- Make snakes out of multi-conductor cable, again suggestions welcome.

Finally, has anyone used balanced power systems and have any information
good or bad about them?

Thanks,
Eric