| Originally Posted by FallenAngel SPC is CHEAP! at around $10 / 50ft, eBay - navships. |
| Originally Posted by blaken FallenA thats a good point. You could ground one end to bleed off RF but wouldnt this only work if the end that was attached to the ground lug was was connected to an infinite ground? Also the L-2T2S is 2 conductor cable. The only way I could see making a stereo mini-mini would be to use the ground on both ends. Does canare make a 3 conductor cable? Most people here use starquad which is 4 conductor. |
| Step2: Reference Pics 1 and 2 In the case of Canare Star Quad(but I am sure the other wire types are similar), strip of about 3/4" of the rubber insulation, then you will see some metal braid surrounding the inner wires, cut that off as well. You can also cut your wire to length now or before you add the other connector to the other end, it is up to you. I personally wait so i can maximize my bulk cable. Step3: Reference Pic 3 Now you will see 4 wires. Pick 2 of them and designate them as ground and then the other 2 are left and right. Cut the insulation off the ground wires and solder them to the part of the plug that corresponds to ground, usually the part of the connector that has the most surface area and has threading on it for the cover to screw on to. Step 4: Reference Pic 3 Pick a connection point and solder 1 wire to it, then do the same with other wire/connection point. Clamp the wire in place, then put on the plastic insulation sleeve and screw on the cover. |
| Originally Posted by blaken Fitz I am not saying you are right or wrong becuase I don't know but in the sticky thread for making an interconnect it says to use 2 of the wires in star quad for ground and the other two for the 2 + Could you explain the discrepency? I just want to know what the "best" method is. I have made plenty of speaker cables and RCAs but no mic cables and I have some starquad on the way. I just want to make sure I am making the best possible cable. |
| A shield on a coaxial cable acts by intercepting electromagnetic energy which it encounters, and shunting that energy to ground, preventing it from reaching the center conductor of the coax where the signal travels. To do this effectively, a shield needs three things: (1) high coverage, so that energy cannot readily pass through holes in the shield, (2) good conductivity, so that energy, once it enters the shield, will find its easiest path to ground; and (3) good connection to ground at the ends of the cable. |
| Originally Posted by blaken EFN When you use L-2T2S for a mini-mini are you using the shielding as the ground? I must admit I don't know much about making mic cables but isn't that a bad idea? I thought the shielding was there to keep unwanted signal out but if you are using it wont that just let all that unwanted RF right into your path? Fallenangel what was the shipping cost like from http://www.vt4c.com ? I was going to order a knob from them a while back but they are in Hong Kong and I am in the US. I tried to figure out the cheapest shipping method but it looked like it was going to be $20 USD for just 1 knob but I could have been wrong. It might have been in HK dollars. Which would make it about $2.50 USD |
