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Re: ' Y ' cables

Subject: Re: ' Y ' cables
From: "Lou Judson" inaudio
Date: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:50 am ((PST))
One person's opinion - every cable connection needs two connectors,  
one of each sex. Why make yours different from all the others? It  
will mean you can never replace it in the field, and must build and  
carry your own unique spares.

Audio comes out the pins, goes in the holes. Thus it ever was. Both  
ends have equal waterproofness, or lack thereof, no?

<L>
On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:21 PM, artsonics wrote:

>      I have a query as to how best it is to select which connectors
> are chosen for cable ends. I realize most connectors going into every
> recorder are male 3pin XLR, however on the 5pin ends of a 'Y' breakout
> I am thinking male maybe a better idea than female





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