Dominator cable vs Canare or Mogami

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:38 pm

Has anyone used Dominator cable? My local pro audio shop recommends it and says it's a cross between Canare and Mogami.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:24 pm

I don't think that's legal in Montana ^_^

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:10 pm

TheJackAttack wrote:

I don't think that's legal in Montana ^_^

My sister from Idaho says it's mandatory.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:39 pm

Boy, all we need is Remy in on this one and its done lol!

Well, I've never heard of Dominator either but the dealer does sell and service some pretty high profile studios. Maybe its a Canadian knock off of those cables... or China.. hmm Confused

I need to make a decision on cable asap so its down to the wire, hehe. How's that for a pun.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:48 pm

Buy in bulk and DIY. you can guarentee the quality and its way cheaper.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:53 pm

bigtree wrote:

Boy, all we need is Remy in on this one and its done lol!

Well, I've never heard of Dominator either but the dealer does sell and service some pretty high profile studios. Maybe its a Canadian knock off of those cables... or China.. hmm Confused

I need to make a decision on cable asap so its down to the wire, hehe. How's that for a pun.

Is this for installed runs or cables that you will coil up? With a three foot sample you can judge things like shielding and flexibility. The question you can't answer with a new brand is how the plastic/vinyl will age. If it's in the wall it probably won't matter unless the mice decide it is tasty. If you are coiling them up every day you will find out how the wrapper ages in a few years.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:04 pm

Seems to be a Horizon/Rapco "higher" end cable.

For my money, it's hard to beat a Canare. For snakes, Redco cable isn't half bad but Mogami is (IMO) king. I've been making a new series of cable using thinner mic cable. It's non-quad Canare that's a little less than half the diameter of their star quad. The specs are very similar as well. I've used them in some pretty long runs and been very satisfied.

All I can say is, if you're paying "over the counter" prices for any of that, you're paying too much!

Cheers-
J.

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:33 am

I have used the Canare cable for my mic cables, its good stuff. I like Mogami too, but for me canare is easier to get. To be honest anything will work, however cables like the canare or mogami might give you that 0.1% sound improvement. They are nicer in the feel and flex department though.

I use CA-L-2B2AT Canare inside my pres,compressors and mixers. It flexs nicely and is small enough to pack in.

The CA-L-4E6S is a very nice cable it terms of feel and flex.

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:42 am

+1 on Canare, nice stuff all around!
If you look at each of their cable specs they're all really close.

Of course there's always those $5000.00 cables out there!

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:48 pm

I am working on a site allowing people to choose what cable and connectors they want to use. The site is http://www.dutshut.com. I would appreciate any feedback from the community on how I can improve the site. I have a desire to allow people to see the different options in one simple interface, then they can make a choice. I realize I have lots of manufacturers to add, but we are working on it. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:15 pm

DutsHut wrote:

I am working on a site allowing people to choose what cable and connectors they want to use. The site is http://www.dutshut.com. I would appreciate any feedback from the community on how I can improve the site. I have a desire to allow people to see the different options in one simple interface, then they can make a choice. I realize I have lots of manufacturers to add, but we are working on it. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

This a on the edge of spam but since you are here and posting in a realted topic... okay just once.

From the little I tried it, I found a cable brand , made the lenght with ends no problem. Nice start. I like your site.

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:00 am

Ha! I tried to create a stereo microphone cable (5-pin XLRF to 2x 3-pin XLRM), and it wouldn't let me. It treats each channel of a multi-channel cable as needing its own connector.

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:48 am

So, anyone got experience with sommer cable for location work?

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