Posted by: "David Kuhn"
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> 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!).
You'll learn and it will get quicker, I can do one in just a few
minutes. Get yourself one of the third hand circuit board clamps to hold
the inner connector block while you work on it. I also use a magnifying
spring arm lamp to work on stuff like this. And I have a good fine temp
controlled iron.
I run the two cables all the way in and combine the braid on a jumper
between the two ground pins (pin 1 & the case ground). The inner
conductors are soldered direct to their respective terminals. Neutric's
design is more than capable of providing good strain relief. Note that
I also put an outer cover of soft fabric braid to keep down any noise
from the hard cable surface hitting things and that goes in to the
strain relief clamp too. I used to get that braid from the outer layer
of hiking boot laces, but I got some kevlar tubular braid off ebay I'm
using right now. You can see the product on my mic pages:
http://frogrecordist.home.mindspring.com/docs/ms_setups.html
Walt
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