Hi everyone,

I am getting ready (and practicing) soldering my own cables... I am using Neutrik balanced TRS connectors and Mogami balanced cable... anyway, my questions are:

I'm using Pro Co Excalibur cables currently, which are 20'. I'm wanting to cut down on excessive cable length to ensure the highest quality recordings as possible on my home studio budget.

1) Including the patch cable, and entire routing, what total cable length should I be shooting for, with an unbalanced cable?

On another forum there has been an interesting, but not very conclusive, discussion regarding cable quality, how different cables influence sound, reliability, monster pricing, etc, etc. I'm considering upgrading my cabling (the entire studio has a mixture of Hosa, Proco, a few Mogamis, but most of it is the cheaper stuff like Hosa).

I currently use the cheapest mic cables that I could find. I have a Great River pre and a Audio-Technica 4050 mic but am using radio shack mic cables. Would I notice an improvement in sound quality if I were to use better mic cables for instance Mogami gold series. I realize more expensive mic cables would be of better quality but do they provide any additional benefits?

hi, just a quick one

I was wondering... after what length of cable would a signal (lets say from a microphone) start to weaken or loose its quality?

Dave
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i have a pair of v8s coming to me and i need to purchase cables
my sound source will be from an aardvark q10 which has no XLR outs
do i need special cables, say 1/4" to xlr, or will regular 1/4 to 1/4 be fine? any suggestions on what kind to get?

my technical knowledge on cable is not so hot.

thanks for the help

Any thoughts on this?

I've looked at a variety of them - Ebtech, ART, Whirlwind, etc. - but what have you found that works well for you? Want to make sure I get one that'll check for out of phase conditions in addition to all the other kind of tests.

I am getting really tired of having 50 million cables running all over my studio...

But since this is a home project studio, I do not have any permanently installed cabling, although I am considering it as an option.

Hey guys,

Hi folks
Anyone have opinions about this cable?
It's quite thin and flexible, doesn't feel like solid core. The number on the cable is 2964. It also says 75 ohm hi definition audio/video cable on the jacket.
This stuff is way more managaeable than RG6 or RG59.
Is this what you folks use for S/PDIF?
thanks Roly