[CBMC]

I am in the process of ordering some Canare Quad-Star cable and f-12 connectors. What i was wondering is how you wire the cables. I know there are 4 wires in the quadstar cable (2 white, 2 blue, I believe), and if I where hooking them to a 3.5mm stereo connector that has a tip, ring, and sleeve, how would I hook them up?

 

[Lil_JV]

One goes to each channel and the remaining two go to ground.

 

[CBMC]

Does it matter what color goes to what, basically since it is quad-star is there any benefits to using certain wires for certain things. Here is something that I read on this board posted by Orpheus : Quote:

and make sure you assemble it correctly. these cables are "star quad" and are only effective if you "tie" the like colors together, so each conductor uses two wires. that's how it gets its name: star quad, from the twisting configuration. using them to carry a stereo signal, or to "bi-amp" would defeat the design of star quad

Any thoughts on that?

 

[Lil_JV]

I don't think it would matter as long as the same wire is connected to the same part of the jack on each end. i.e. ground to ground, left to left, right to right.

 

[Budgie]

Usually Star quad gets wired with the left and right hot wires on opposite sides of the cable from each other, instead of side by side. Suppose to be the least cross talk that way.