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From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell)
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Subject: Re: need interconnect cable recommendations...
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Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 17:38:33 EDT
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> 
> 	Hey!
> 	  I am in the process of building interconnect cables for the 
> 	home entertainment system. I'm currently using homebuilt cables
> 	made from Radio Shark RG-59 and cheap RCA pin plug connectors.
> 	These cables a re used to pass the usual line level high impedance
> 	audio (and maybe a little video) between components.

Being the heretical sort who believes that Ohm's, Kirchoff's, and Thevenin's
laws apply even in audio systems, I won't make a recommendation re "high
performance" interconnects.  I do have something to say on the subject of
RG-59 as an audio cable.

Much of this stuff has aluminum shielding and a copper-plated iron core 
(read: CHEAP!).  Some of the better stuff has copper shielding and a copper
core, but I think that Radio Hack carries the cheapo stuff.  Not only is
it a bitch to work with, even in video applications, but the aluminum-shielded
stuff is impossible to solder (read: BAD CONNECTION).  Finally, all RG-59
has a solid core, which, if you're concerned about skin effect, is decidedly
not the thing to use as an interconnect.

If you want to make do-it-yourself interconnects, try some shielded microphone
cable, instead.  It's designed for audio applications.  It usually has two
stranded conductors plus a wound copper (read: SOLDERABLE) shield.  You can
twist the ends of the conductors together for a low-impedance signal path,
and use the shield as the common, or use both conductors and ground the shield
to the chassis, if you so desire.

Myself, I use the interconnects that came with my equipment.
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