OK Walt, (Gregg, Paul, John, Umashankar) I'm lined out to do it
right. Ordered the HD 5-pin neutriks and L-2E5 (NOT L-2ES!) cable
from Markertek, and got high-voltage spray insulation (per
Umashankar), third hand, and more heat-shrink on my shopping list.
Many thanks,
David
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wrote:
>
> Posted by: "David Kuhn"
> >
> > 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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