I was asking how to wire starquad for trs, unbalanced stereo, but it's all sorted now! Seems to me starquad is primarily designed for stereo balanced signal, but obviously works well for other stuff! Once I get some money together I'll order my parts and get started, keep an eye on the picture...

Sweet. Thanks. Time to get on with it I think!

Cheers guys, very helpful! I guess the starquad formation is only useful for balanced audio then, in terms of cancelling out interference. So a high quality 2 conductor (+ shield) would be just as good? Or is it better to have the ground through a dedicated conductor and just tin in the ground...

Cheers stillhart! I can't believe the shielding is un-wired, having only ever wired up guitar cables for people, where the shield is wired... Doesn't not wiring the cores up in pairs defeat the point of having four cores?   Also, I'll have a look at techflex, shoelaces are abit soft for me - I...

Hi there everyone, I hope this is the right place to post this (first post!). I'm just about to start gathering parts to make some decent cables, first cable to make will be a stereo 1/4" jack lead. I've decided on Canare L4E6S Starquad cable as it seems to be well used on these forums, so I'm...