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Re: Boot Laces Replacement

Subject: Re: Boot Laces Replacement
From: "David Martin" dlsbmartin11
Date: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:06 pm ((PDT))
Maybe simply using cable ties to bundle cables would be better for quietnes=
s.

I've used Kevlar mesh gloves.  They were flexible, but I never
thought of them as soft.  The Kevlar fiber was pretty coarse,
however.  I'm going to order some plastic mesh tubing and
experiment.  I'll let you know what I find.

DPA's two 3-pin XLR to 5-pin XLR cable for the Windpac is wrapped in
what seems to be plastic mesh tubing.   The fibers don't seem
particularly fine.  I wonder what they are using.   Haven't used it
yet, because I have to make a cable to mate with it, and I'm still
getting parts.

Martyn, have you noticed tendency to cable noise  with your Windpac setup?


David

At 10:23 AM 3/18/2007, you wrote:
>Posted by: "Fred Fiedler"
>
> > Back in February, Walter said:
> >>>>>> >>>>>
> > Then I slip those inside the outer braid of soft boot laces, then
> > make up the Y cable. You can see it all on my M/S and SASS pages. Only
> > change is recently I got a quantity of kevlar hollow braid off ebay and
> > have made some Y's with that. My supply of soft boot laces dried up.
> >>>>>> >>>>>
> >
> > I came across 'Expandable Braided Sleeving' that looks like a good
> > alternative.  Check out TechFlex at www.techflex.com/prod_CCP.asp
>
>The key to what you are after is something that when it brushes against
>itself or anything else, or is bent, it makes no noise. That's a pretty
>soft material that you need. Hard to tell on this one, but I think it's
>going to turn out to be too noisy. That predicted on the basis of the
>material it's made of and the size and smoothness of the fibers.
>
>Protection of the cable inside or bundling multiple cables is definitely
>a secondary property to noise suppression in this application.
>
>Walt
>
>
>
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