Thanks Greg, that clears up my confusion.
David
--- In "Greg Simmons"
<> wrote:
>
> --- In "Greg Simmons"
<simmosonic@> wrote:
>
> > If I understand correctly, you're proposing to divide the four
inner conductors of a star
> > quad cable into two pairs for stereo. So you would strip back the
outer insulation as far
> > back as you needed, revealing the four inner conductors. Then you
would divide them into
> > two pairs and slip a bit of heatshrink tubing over each one to
keep them together. Add an
> > additional length of heatshrink over the point where the outer
insulation ends and you're
> > done.
>
> Ah, silly me!
>
> Of course, if you're using star quad you're going to need to pull
back the shield (as Paul
> suggested), and figure out how to get that into each of the
terminating XLRs. You could
> unwind it and re-twist it into two lengths (one for each XLR), but
you'll lose the shielding
> over those lengths.
>
> Maybe the 5-pin XLR is not such a bad idea after all!
>
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