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cheap good cable wire [message #68408]

Fri, 19 May 2006 19:32

John [1]
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Registered: September 2005

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I'm gonna need 12 stereo channels about 15 feet long for line level signals.
180 feet times $2.20 a foot for mogami would be OUCH ! Are there any other
good cables and connectors I can buy like maybe I could buy 2 8 conductor
(trs) cables for $50 a piece ? hmmm

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68409 is a reply to message #68408]

Fri, 19 May 2006 19:44

John [1]
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Registered: September 2005

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And also, for line level signals is mic cable better quality than console
audio cable?

"john" <no@no.com> wrote:
>
>I'm gonna need 12 stereo channels about 15 feet long for line level signals.
> 180 feet times $2.20 a foot for mogami would be OUCH ! Are there any
other
>good cables and connectors I can buy like maybe I could buy 2 8 conductor
>(trs) cables for $50 a piece ? hmmm

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68410 is a reply to message #68408]

Fri, 19 May 2006 19:42

Deej [1]

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Registered: January 2006

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Get yourself a 15' long balanced 12 pair snake. www.hotwiredcables.com or
www.markertek.com

"john" <no@no.com> wrote in message news:446e7fa0$1@linux...
>
> I'm gonna need 12 stereo channels about 15 feet long for line level
signals.
> 180 feet times $2.20 a foot for mogami would be OUCH ! Are there any
other
> good cables and connectors I can buy like maybe I could buy 2 8
conductor
> (trs) cables for $50 a piece ? hmmm

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68411 is a reply to message #68409]

Fri, 19 May 2006 21:30

Deej [1]

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Registered: January 2006

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Really man......a high quality snake is the answer to your problem.

"john" <no@no.com> wrote in message news:446e827e$1@linux...
>
> And also, for line level signals is mic cable better quality than console
> audio cable?
>
> "john" <no@no.com> wrote:
> >
> >I'm gonna need 12 stereo channels about 15 feet long for line level
signals.
> > 180 feet times $2.20 a foot for mogami would be OUCH ! Are there any
> other
> >good cables and connectors I can buy like maybe I could buy 2 8
conductor
> >(trs) cables for $50 a piece ? hmmm
>

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68412 is a reply to message #68408]

Fri, 19 May 2006 22:22

gene lennon
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Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

"john" <no@no.com> wrote:
>
>I'm gonna need 12 stereo channels about 15 feet long for line level signals.
> 180 feet times $2.20 a foot for mogami would be OUCH ! Are there any
other
>good cables and connectors I can buy like maybe I could buy 2 8 conductor
>(trs) cables for $50 a piece ? hmmm

Individual runs of Belden 1696A will give better crosstalk results than snakes.

http://tinyurl.com/mydmc
250ft -$156.54

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68413 is a reply to message #68412]

Fri, 19 May 2006 22:27

Deej [1]

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Gene......do you not use snakes in your studio? 99% of my cabling is Mogami
sankes and I'm noticing no crosstalk at all. Am I missing something here?

Thanks,

DJ

"gene lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:446ea79a$1@linux...
>
> "john" <no@no.com> wrote:
> >
> >I'm gonna need 12 stereo channels about 15 feet long for line level
signals.
> > 180 feet times $2.20 a foot for mogami would be OUCH ! Are there any
> other
> >good cables and connectors I can buy like maybe I could buy 2 8
conductor
> >(trs) cables for $50 a piece ? hmmm
>
> Individual runs of Belden 1696A will give better crosstalk results than
snakes.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mydmc
> 250ft -$156.54
>

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68414 is a reply to message #68413]

Fri, 19 May 2006 23:00

gene lennon
Messages: 565
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>Gene......do you not use snakes in your studio? 99% of my cabling is Mogami
>sankes and I'm noticing no crosstalk at all. Am I missing something here?
>
>Thanks,
>
>DJ
>
I also use Mogami snakes. Its good cable and the snakes give a neat appearance
and are convenient�but even though most studios use snakes, you still get
better x-talk with individual pairs. You never notice the crosstalk. It is
typically 80-90 db down in cable, but you wont find any top classical engineers
using snakes. You only hear a difference if you can do a direct a/b. I try
to run individual high-end cable for critical recordings. I just don�t do
many critical recordings these days. If your track includes drum samples
and loops, it�s a little silly to be sweating cable nuances, but I would
stay away from cheap snakes at all costs.
gene

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68415 is a reply to message #68414]

Sat, 20 May 2006 01:50

Deej [1]

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Registered: January 2006

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Interesting. Thanks for the heads up on this. It never ends, does it?

;o)

"gene lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:446eb077$1@linux...
>
> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
> >Gene......do you not use snakes in your studio? 99% of my cabling is
Mogami
> >sankes and I'm noticing no crosstalk at all. Am I missing something here?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >DJ
> >
> I also use Mogami snakes. Its good cable and the snakes give a neat
appearance
> and are convenient.but even though most studios use snakes, you still get
> better x-talk with individual pairs. You never notice the crosstalk. It is
> typically 80-90 db down in cable, but you wont find any top classical
engineers
> using snakes. You only hear a difference if you can do a direct a/b. I try
> to run individual high-end cable for critical recordings. I just don't do
> many critical recordings these days. If your track includes drum samples
> and loops, it's a little silly to be sweating cable nuances, but I would
> stay away from cheap snakes at all costs.
> gene

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68418 is a reply to message #68415]

Sat, 20 May 2006 04:21

John [1]
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Registered: September 2005

Senior Member

So how much should I expect to spend for 12 channel snake 15' long 1/4" trs
of good quality?

"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>Interesting. Thanks for the heads up on this. It never ends, does it?
>
>;o)
>
>"gene lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
>news:446eb077$1@linux...
>>
>> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>> >Gene......do you not use snakes in your studio? 99% of my cabling is
>Mogami
>> >sankes and I'm noticing no crosstalk at all. Am I missing something here?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >DJ
>> >
>> I also use Mogami snakes. Its good cable and the snakes give a neat
>appearance
>> and are convenient.but even though most studios use snakes, you still
get
>> better x-talk with individual pairs. You never notice the crosstalk. It
is
>> typically 80-90 db down in cable, but you wont find any top classical
>engineers
>> using snakes. You only hear a difference if you can do a direct a/b. I
try
>> to run individual high-end cable for critical recordings. I just don't
do
>> many critical recordings these days. If your track includes drum samples
>> and loops, it's a little silly to be sweating cable nuances, but I would
>> stay away from cheap snakes at all costs.
>> gene
>
>

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68439 is a reply to message #68414]

Sat, 20 May 2006 22:10

Paul Artola

Messages: 161
Registered: November 2005

Senior Member

I prefer baby snakes. They live by a code, that is usually SMPTE!

- Paul Artola
Ellicott City, Maryland

On 20 May 2006 16:00:23 +1000, "gene lennon"
<glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote:

>
>"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>>Gene......do you not use snakes in your studio? 99% of my cabling is Mogami
>>sankes and I'm noticing no crosstalk at all. Am I missing something here?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>DJ
>>
>I also use Mogami snakes. Its good cable and the snakes give a neat appearance
>and are convenient�but even though most studios use snakes, you still get
>better x-talk with individual pairs. You never notice the crosstalk. It is
>typically 80-90 db down in cable, but you wont find any top classical engineers
>using snakes. You only hear a difference if you can do a direct a/b. I try
>to run individual high-end cable for critical recordings. I just don�t do
>many critical recordings these days. If your track includes drum samples
>and loops, it�s a little silly to be sweating cable nuances, but I would
>stay away from cheap snakes at all costs.
>gene

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68442 is a reply to message #68408]

Sat, 20 May 2006 23:14

wmarkwilson_

Messages: 7
Registered: May 2006

Junior Member

If this is to be installed, perhaps canare or mogami balanced hook-up wire.
I'd steer clear of the belden.

Dubya

"john" <no@no.com> wrote in message news:446e7fa0$1@linux...
>
> I'm gonna need 12 stereo channels about 15 feet long for line level
> signals.
> 180 feet times $2.20 a foot for mogami would be OUCH ! Are there any
> other
> good cables and connectors I can buy like maybe I could buy 2 8
> conductor
> (trs) cables for $50 a piece ? hmmm

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Re: cheap good cable wire [message #68481 is a reply to message #68439]

Mon, 22 May 2006 06:01

Aaron Allen

Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008

Senior Member

I smell Zappa in this somewhere.
AA

"Paul Artola" <artola@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jftv625jki1h4hipgutkkfgi6d03efsa1f@4ax.com...
>I prefer baby snakes. They live by a code, that is usually SMPTE!
>
> - Paul Artola
> Ellicott City, Maryland
>
> On 20 May 2006 16:00:23 +1000, "gene lennon"
> <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>>>Gene......do you not use snakes in your studio? 99% of my cabling is
>>>Mogami
>>>sankes and I'm noticing no crosstalk at all. Am I missing something here?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>DJ
>>>
>>I also use Mogami snakes. Its good cable and the snakes give a neat
>>appearance
>>and are convenient.but even though most studios use snakes, you still get
>>better x-talk with individual pairs. You never notice the crosstalk. It is
>>typically 80-90 db down in cable, but you wont find any top classical
>>engineers
>>using snakes. You only hear a difference if you can do a direct a/b. I try
>>to run individual high-end cable for critical recordings. I just don't do
>>many critical recordings these days. If your track includes drum samples
>>and loops, it's a little silly to be sweating cable nuances, but I would
>>stay away from cheap snakes at all costs.
>>gene
>

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