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Recording Studio Uses Generic Cables?!?!

In my quest for a new RGB video cable I became discouraged one night at my university recording studio which happens to also be a professional studio. My friend in the Sound Recording Technology program invited me over one evening to "help" mix down a project he is working on. I asked the director and senior engineer what video cables they used in the video system of the studio. He told me Canare and TecNec, saying that they were quality cables but nothing excessive. He really gave me a dose of reality when he said they used audio cables of the same companies. He says most "highend" cables are just high priced and over engineered producing no noticable difference, and that all his studio friends do not use "highend" cables. He said how can a cable make a difference if the internal cables of your equipment are of less quality that the cables connecting the components together because no company uses the Audio Quest $2200 cable inside their electronics so why have it outside the device. Digital cables are even worst, as long as a 1 or 0 gets there, the quality of the RCA does not matter. Had anyone else said this I would not take it to heart but this is a group of people that makes audio recordings for a living.

The sad but true signal path that happens everyday in studios across the globe. Guitar output>>crappy patch cable>>amp>>22 gauge speaker cable>>amp speaker>>mic>>standard mic cable>>mic snake>>console>>patch cable>>outboard gear>>patch cable>>console>>patch cable>>recorder and all the wiring inside the electronics. Not one part is as "good" as the typical $300 RCA interconnection most people use in their systems. I'm not sure if even the money spent on my basic straightwire cables was worth it. WHAT DO YOU THINK??


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Topic - Recording Studio Uses Generic Cables?!?! - dmoeller17 22:16:02 10/30/02 (62)
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