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i use Neutrik connectors for at least half of my cabling..
i just score the sleeve with a little razor, then solder.
otherwise, especially with balanced connectors it's
hell. i love Neutrik. also, i always use some silver-bearing
solder on any audio connections i might be making.
my audio cables are *always* balanced, and have always
worked at least as well as any cables i have purchased.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Hudson" <thudson@...>
To: <motm@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: [motm] VCO calibration nightmare


>
> I built two 300's the last two days. When I went to calibrate them,
> I knew something was wrong. The 300 I had previously built and
> calibrated wasn't tracking correctly, and I couldn't tune the
> two new ones, the trimers were all the way to one extreme and
> still didn't track.
>
> Then I found the culprits. I had recently built new patch cables
> using neutrik connectors. When I pulled these out and used some
> older cables everything started working perfectly.
>
> I used a DVM and got a resistance measurement between the tip
> and sleeve.
>
> So obviously I don't quite understand how to assemble the
> cables correctly using the neutrik connectors. They don't
> seem to have a good place to solder (especially the ground
> connection), so I assumed the locking action of the cam
> pushed the cable down to make the connection.
>
> Anyone else using these connectors? Any tips on how to
> assemble them?
>
> Tomy
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If you have a vise to hold the connector steady it helps. Tin your bare
cable ends. Heat the U shaped ground sleeve a bit and put a little pool
of solder there. Tin the tip connector as well. Solder the ground of
your cable to the sleeve. Once it is cool and stable solder the tip. I
hope this helps. Charles.

Thomas Hudson wrote:

>
> I built two 300's the last two days. When I went to calibrate them,
> I knew something was wrong. The 300 I had previously built and
> calibrated wasn't tracking correctly, and I couldn't tune the
> two new ones, the trimers were all the way to one extreme and
> still didn't track.
>
> Then I found the culprits. I had recently built new patch cables
> using neutrik connectors. When I pulled these out and used some
> older cables everything started working perfectly.
>
> I used a DVM and got a resistance measurement between the tip
> and sleeve.
>
> So obviously I don't quite understand how to assemble the
> cables correctly using the neutrik connectors. They don't
> seem to have a good place to solder (especially the ground
> connection), so I assumed the locking action of the cam
> pushed the cable down to make the connection.
>
> Anyone else using these connectors? Any tips on how to
> assemble them?
>
> Tomy
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Charles Stella wrote:

>
> If you have a vise to hold the connector steady it helps. Tin your bare
> cable ends. Heat the U shaped ground sleeve a bit and put a little pool
> of solder there. Tin the tip connector as well. Solder the ground of
> your cable to the sleeve. Once it is cool and stable solder the tip. I
> hope this helps. Charles.
>

Are you soldering the shield to the inside or outside of the U shaped
ground sleeve? When I solder to the outside I have trouble getting it
thin enough to slip the outside sleeve over it.

Tomy

Thomas,


You definitely want to solder to the ground to the
inside of the connector. If you solder to the outside you will certainly
have problems putting the connector together. Charles.

Thomas Hudson wrote:

>
>
> Charles Stella wrote:
> >
> > If you have a vise to hold the connector steady it helps. Tin your
> bare
> > cable ends. Heat the U shaped ground sleeve a bit and put a little
> pool
> > of solder there. Tin the tip connector as well. Solder the ground of
>
> > your cable to the sleeve. Once it is cool and stable solder the tip.
> I
> > hope this helps. Charles.
> >
> Are you soldering the shield to the inside or outside of the U shaped
> ground sleeve? When I solder to the outside I have trouble getting it
> thin enough to slip the outside sleeve over it.
>
> Tomy
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