VERY intelligent questions, Estelle!
1. Caig Pro Gold is the best (http://www.caig.com/) and I use it
religiously every few years :-) or whenever connections are flaky.
2. NEVER kink your cables. Personally, the only time I carry anything
with it plugged in is when it is over my shoulder ready to go. But then
I also make nice neat little coils of every wire no matter how small
they are, and use velcro ties to keep them that way. I'm known for
trying to keep the gear extremely organized...
3. - in my stage and studio work, I find one thing consistently:
Musicians wad their wires into soft bags, and engineers coil them
neatly and organize them into cases. Guess who spends the most time
untangling them when they could be playing? And guess who takes a
little longer to pack up, but much less time setting up and replacing
cables? And who likes Monster=AE type lifetime guarantees, and who never
has cables go bad?
Obviously I put a lot of thought into this kind of thing...
<L>
Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689
On Oct 10, 2005, at 2:12 AM, esandhaus wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I apologize if this has been covered before...I wasn't having a lot of
> luck with the search terms I was using!
>
> 1. How do you dust/clean your XLR connectors, etc. (what do you use,
> how often do you do it)?
>
> 2. To prevent excessive cable wear (from bending), do you completely
> disconnect your mic cables when you put your equipment (mic, recorder)
> in a bag/case to go out trekking in the field? I have an equipment
> case that I can easily put all of my connected gear in (without tight
> bends), but I have found that it is a lot easier for me to tote
> everything around in a smaller bag. The only drawback with that is
> that either a) my cables will be bent at what looks like a pretty
> tight angle if I don't disconnect them or b) I have to take the time
> to reconnect everything if I unexpectedly happen upon something
> interesting. Also, if I disconnect everything, am I unnecessarily
> exposing the connectors to dust/humidity/etc?
>
> Thanks =3D)
>
> Estelle
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