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Re: CC89259 sounds interesting - more questions....

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Posted by Jon Risch on March 5, 2001 at 00:42:17

In Reply to: CC89259 sounds interesting - more questions.... posted by Dinan330i on March 5, 2001 at 00:14:06:

Belden 89259 can be had from many sources, the trick is getting it for the best price!

Do a search using 89259 and buy as search key words, searching the Cable Asylum.

Newark carries it for $140-150 a 100 foot roll, anixter and other distribs sometimes offer it by the foot, but with a minimum order amount of $50. Most seem to be able to find it for around $100 a roll or a little more. A 100 foot roll only weighs aprrox. 5 lbs., so shipping costs are not over the top.

For HT surrounds, unless you have a VERY high end Surround system, with a separate decoder, and so on, 12 ga. zip cord is fine. The suround channels just are not at the same level of quality as the main ones. L, R, and C should be connected with quality cables.

I recommend crimped on gold-plated spades. For a very cheap but servicable gold-plated spade, RS has a pack of 8 for $5. This is about the ONLY part from RS I recommend, and only for budget use. Neither their solder or their gold=plated RCA plugs are any good. Kimber Postmasters or WBT spades are the best. The only other real alternatives are locking banana's, available from WBT and Monster.

Jon Risch

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