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Re: making a cable snake

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Posted by Roland on March 27, 2002 at 14:54:13

In Reply to: Re: making a cable snake posted by Haldor on March 26, 2002 at 16:31:35:

I dispute your assertions. Belden cable is good cable no doubt, but there are many other very high quality manufacturers out there. Digital cables are normally designed for 110 Ohm impedance so are not suitable for mic leads, thats why manufacturers make both. The BBC typically use starquad mic cables, for extremely long runs (quite usually 100 metres or more). Any high quality mic cable should not exhibit any significant HF roll-off under a distance of well over 300 metres!! I'm talking about roll offs over 60khz!! PA companies regulary pass line and mic level signals up and down the same multicore without frying there systems. Who would dream of sending amplifier outputs down multicore mic cables? Starquad is particulary favoured by the BBC and other broadcasters for its excellent interference rejection, particulary as many of the sites that they can end up working with could be subject to interference from lights, transmitters, etc beyond there control.

Regards

Roland

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