Re: I may be mistaken, but....

Posted by jhorowitz128 (A) on March 16, 2007 at 20:13:16

In Reply to: Re: I may be mistaken, but.... posted by Davy on March 16, 2007 at 18:37:43:

Hi Davy,

"1. Should I try to use Musiflex cable in the way that it is configured in the picture Duster posted? If so which end should have the drain wire(connect to shield) soldered to the RCA collar.

2. As per 1. but shield connected to both collars?"

If you have no RFI problems, you can try it as per Duster's post, but leave the drain unconnected at either end. I've read that an unshieded cable will sound better, but I have no personal knowledge of that. OR...

You may want to take a short length of drain wire on one end of the cable, as in my picture #1, and tuck it under some heatshrink without having it touch the RCA. You can try the cable like that and if you have some RFI problems, then conect it to the ground on the RCA. That's how I configured my cables. So far, I found that they work fine without any shielding. OR...

Connect the drain at one end only. I did that on a long run of cable (20') from my preamp to my amps. I happened to plug the shielded end to the source (the preamp), but others do it the opposite way.

"3. Should I try the way SF TECH suggested and use the 2 bare twisted insulated wires from my Musiflex cable after carefully cutting off outer casing/shielding/drain wire?"

Why bother?

"3. Other? Why and how do you use a microphone cable with four insulated wires for the phono stage to preamp cable?!!!!"

I tied 2 of the wires (red and pink)to the positive and 2 (white and yellow)to the ground of the plugs. See link...ignore the XLR wiring diagram. These are the cables I used for all the IC's except for the step-up to the preamp. For that, I used a 2-conductor version of the GAC-4/1's. My tonearm cable was a custom-made Incognito wire.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.
Jeff

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Topic - RCA Interconnect wiring options question - Davy 11:55:55 03/16/07 (17)

Re: RCA Interconnect wiring options question - Davy 21:44:21 03/17/07 (0)

I'll try again - jhorowitz128 15:53:08 03/16/07 (0)

I may be mistaken, but.... - jhorowitz128 15:49:01 03/16/07 (5)

Re: I may be mistaken, but.... - Davy 17:01:06 03/16/07 (4)

Re: I may be mistaken, but.... - jhorowitz128 17:31:42 03/16/07 (3)

Re: I may be mistaken, but.... - Davy 18:37:43 03/16/07 (2)

Re: I may be mistaken, but.... - jhorowitz128 20:13:16 03/16/07 (1)

Re: I may be mistaken, but.... - Davy 09:52:40 03/17/07 (0)

Here's something else to try... - SF tech 13:20:43 03/16/07 (6)

That sounds like the Nickleson recipe for toast - jnorv 17:30:08 03/16/07 (1)

That's a good one! - SF tech 17:55:48 03/16/07 (0)

Re: Here's something else to try... - Davy 13:38:49 03/16/07 (3)

Yes, the capacitance and the extra resonance modes of the - Al Sekela 15:08:48 03/16/07 (2)

Hiya Al... - SF tech 17:52:26 03/16/07 (1)

Re: Hiya Al... - Davy 18:40:18 03/16/07 (0)

Re: RCA Interconnect wiring options question - Duster 13:18:15 03/16/07 (0)

I should have mentioned this in my email to you... - SF tech 12:40:23 03/16/07 (0)

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Re: I may be mistaken, but.... - jhorowitz128 20:13:16 03/16/07 (1)

Re: I may be mistaken, but.... - Davy 09:52:40 03/17/07 (0)

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