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post #751 of 1002
12/15/08 at 5:15pm
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Originally Posted by Mr Incredible View Post
Sorry if this has been brought up before, I searched for a while and never really found a good answer. I'm going to make a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable about 15 feet out of some mogami mini quad, with some neutrik 6mm nickle connectors and I'm wondering the best way to solder it together. A friend of mine suggested that I use two wires for left and two for right and then the shield for ground. Would this be the best way or would I want to do one left, one right, two ground. Or what? Thanks for all the help guys.
I would use your second method. This will allow the shield to pickup any interference without it becoming part of the signal. The ground is still part of the signal, so you don't want it to pickup any noise. This is just my opinion though. I'm sure others will think your first method would work better. I've explained why I think 1 connection for R and L and 2 for G is the best, but I'm sure there are good reasons to do it the other way too.
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post #752 of 1002
12/16/08 at 12:47am
^ X2

I've read many posts about inter-connect and what came out is that you should take 2 of the same "color" for the ground and the other two for the signal. Some will also solder the shield at the source end to further eleminate noise.

In the case of the Mogami, some will say you're better off with the clear insulation for the signal according to colorant "issues" I don't really believe it have something to do but I'm just telling you what I read while searching.
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post #753 of 1002
12/16/08 at 1:17am
I think there's no difference between the colors. Should be the same.
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post #754 of 1002
12/16/08 at 1:35am
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Originally Posted by Hayduke View Post
I would use your second method. This will allow the shield to pickup any interference without it becoming part of the signal. The ground is still part of the signal, so you don't want it to pickup any noise. This is just my opinion though. I'm sure others will think your first method would work better. I've explained why I think 1 connection for R and L and 2 for G is the best, but I'm sure there are good reasons to do it the other way too.
AFAIK, the shield don't work unless its grounded.
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post #755 of 1002
12/17/08 at 2:21am
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post #756 of 1002
12/18/08 at 1:44am
Can anyone recommend a thickness for using individual hookup wire?
Would it be the same for a wire to be used with a headphone recable and an interconnect?
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post #757 of 1002
12/18/08 at 1:59am
Headphones cable should be >24awg.
I often use 20-22-24g for interconnects.
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post #758 of 1002
12/20/08 at 11:50am
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Originally Posted by mattcalf View Post
I plan to use it for RCA and a LOD among other things.
I can't find and seperate on ebay and that seems the only place I could get it in Australia.

Cheers.
there is a place in brisbane that sells starquad separately. i'll post a link tomorrow once I dig it out. cant remember the name ATM but I have it saved somewhere.
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post #759 of 1002
12/20/08 at 11:53am
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Originally Posted by qusp View Post
there is a p[lace in brisbane that sells starquad separately. i'll post a link tomorrow once I dig it out.
That'd be awesome thanks!
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post #760 of 1002
1/12/09 at 6:33pm
How much did you guys pay for shipping from markertek? I don;t think its worth it for me to pay $11 for shipping a piece of star quad cable and 2 connectors....
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post #761 of 1002
1/16/09 at 9:36am
Would this wire be suitable to build cables?

Thanks,
Matt.
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post #762 of 1002
1/16/09 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by mattcalf View Post
Would this wire be suitable to build cables?

Thanks,
Matt.
It's pretty thick, but it would depend on what you're using it for.
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post #763 of 1002
1/16/09 at 8:59pm
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Originally Posted by Hayduke View Post
It's pretty thick, but it would depend on what you're using it for.
Your run of the mill mini to mini, LOD and some RCAs.
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post #764 of 1002
1/16/09 at 9:15pm
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Originally Posted by mattcalf View Post
Your run of the mill mini to mini, LOD and some RCAs.
You will have trouble soldering something that thick to the iPod dock connector. Other then that, it will work for all those purposes. It is just thicker then you need I think. If you're gonna score a killer deal on the wire, then use it For the LOD though, you will want something smaller to solder to those pins. That wire will cover several of them
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post #765 of 1002
1/16/09 at 9:30pm
Would this or this be any better?
Or this haha.
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