Thanks Walt and Gregg,
Gregg's photo-- http://tinyurl.com/697jny --shows a Y break-out that
looks like what Walt speaks of. Is the larger cable leading into the
5-pin XLR joined to the smaller cables midway by soldering? Is
adequate strain relief provided by joining the ground shield(s) at
that point? Is this better than running the smaller leads right into
the 5-pin XLR? Which way do you do it, Walt?
I'm now leaning toward terminating the long cable with 5-pin and
building Y break-outs--seems stronger, and I'm sure suffering through
the added soldering will build character. (my first XLR cable pair
took 4 (four) hours!).
David
--- In Walter Knapp <>
wrote:
>
> Posted by: "David Kuhn"
> >
> > Hi listeners, a friend gave me a partial roll of Canare L-4E5C,
Mini
> StarQuad cable. With my novice soldering skills, I'm looking to
build a
> 100foot cable terminating with two 3-pin Neutrik connectors, for
long-
> > run hook-ups on back-pack trips. Considering the light weight
> (compared to the regular StarQuad) of this cable, is this a bad
idea?
>
> I use this for all my longer cables, exactly because it's lighter
weight
> and less bulk. Only bad side is it does not coil quite as neatly as
the
> larger version. Only difference in design is I set the cables up
with
> 5-pin Neutrik weatherproof X-HD series. Then I have short Y
breakouts
> used at the ends to go to 3-pin. The Y breakouts are made using
even
> smaller star quad cables stripped from a Canare 2 channel snake
cable.
> Stronger than trying to breakout the mini cable and if you are
stringing
> several cables together the breakout Y's are only needed at the
ends.
>
> Walt
>
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