MOTM

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
>
>

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
> >
> >

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,
>
>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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