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In Reply to: RE: Belden 8451 for balanced XLR cables ??? posted by emailtim on July 30, 2020 at 19:38:40
I suggest Mogami W3173 instead, emailtim. It features pure copper conductors, not tinned copper, and a cellular/foamed dielectric instead of a solid plastic insulator of a higher dielectric constant number with poorer energy release characteristics. The served (single spiraled layer, not braided) pure copper shield of the Mogami design is also less intrusive sounding than the aluminum foil shield of the Belden cable, IME. Finally, the Mogami cable features filler rods for a more precision twist rate, all along the length of the cable, which is beneficial for both AES/EBU digital and balanced line-level applications:
https://www.redco.com/Mogami-W3173.html
Terminate with gold-plated Switchcraft A3MBAU A Series 3-Pin XLR Male Cable Mount XLRs, and gold-plated Switchcraft A3FBXAU A Series 3-Pin XLR Female Cable Mount XLRs:
https://www.markertek.com/product/a3mbau/switchcraft-a3mbau-3-pin-xlr-male-cable-end-black-shell-gold-pins
https://www.markertek.com/product/a3fbaux/switchcraft-a3fbxau-3-pin-xlr-f-cable-end-black-shell-gold-pins-rohsREG/switchcraft_a3fbxau_a_series_3_pin.html
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Any reason for the Switchcraft over the Neutrik connectors ?
Will the Switchcraft allow for 2 runs of Mogami W3173 ?
I have not been able to see what the internals of the Switchcraft looks like.
TIA
The above images are views of the silver-plated Switchcraft Series A XLRs (I couldn't find good images of the gold-plated XLRs with black shells).
I much prefer the mechanical design, and the actual sound of the Switchcraft A Series XLR connectors vs. Neutrik's XLRs. YMMV
Do you really mean running two cables out of a single XLR connector at each end, emailtim?
XLR Y-cable with 2 cables coming out of a multi-channel DAC going into 1 amp channel.Turning 8 output channels into 4 output channels (4 x 2:1).
4 iterations of this configuration, but longer. There might be a better way of accomplishing this.
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I won't second guess your configuration, since I don't understand the application.
The Mogami W3173 cable is 8mm diameter. The Switchcraft A Series XLRs can barely fit an 8mm cable.
If you wish to build an XLR adapter such as that, short lengths of thin Mogami W3159 cable could be used for the purpose, but use the Mogami W3173 for the rest of the XLR cables for a more full-bodied presentation than the Mogami W3159. However, you *must* use a thick layer of braided sleeving to protect the small outer diameter Mogami W3159 from damage. Use a robust type of braided sleeving such as Techflex Clean Cut sleeving, or a double layer of ordinary PET sleeving for the adapters. I use a thick type of 4mm sleeving (shown above) for the Mogami W3159.
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