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In Reply to: DIY XLR interconnect update/help PLEASE posted by Kipp on December 19, 2005 at 01:38:07:
10.5 feet of DIY silver interconnect according to Chris VH's recipee. These things are flat out great!Point being are you really sure you need a shield? Mine don't have one. I just connected pins two and three. The 28 gauge silver wire w/cotton insulation and the contruction give ultra low capacitance, 3.5 pF/ft or so. That's low.
Another idea. See if you can't lay hands on some Belden 1800F. Works great=best shielded cable I've found for balanced use. Durable, too.
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on December 20, 2005 at 00:09:16 oofer wrote:> > are you really sure you need a shield? Mine don't have one. I just connected pins two and three. < <
This wouldn't work for any equipment that uses true balanced circuitry though; pins 2 & 3 would cancel each other out!Has anyone made the Chris VH silver/cotton/teflon ICs in a true 3-wire balanced configuration? And if so, was it just a matter of spacing the 3 conductors in equidistant spirals around the teflon tube?
oofer:
Thanks for response. Help me out- the wires are wraped around a hollow tube; then held in place by plummer's tape or HS. Do these bend? Wouldn't the inner tube kink maybe? I need about 18', so the 25' lengths that it is sold in would cause a problem- have to but 4 rolls (maybe available in longer rolls). 28 gauge seems a little small to me. I think I'll try it for short IC's with RCA's (tuner, CD player, etc. to preamp). About Belden 1800F: Blue Jean Audio 1800F's already made up with Neutriks: 15', $36! That's almost too cheap!
28 gauge seems a little small to me
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