DIY RCAs

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Topic: DIY RCAs

Posted By: 97Avalonxls
Subject: DIY RCAs
Date Posted: February 15, 2005 at 10:39 AM

as the title implies, I'm looking for infor about where to get cheap, high quality wire and terminations, as well as any tutorials anyone knows of. Thanks

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 15, 2005 at 11:45 AM

You can get good quality RCA connectors and raw cable at any good electronics store, or on line through places like Parts Express. A good RCA cable is simply the signal carrier (center conductor) soldered to the pin and the shield or ground soldered to the outer ring. Here's how: https://www.bcae1.com/rcacable.htm

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Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: February 15, 2005 at 12:01 PM

Dyohn, thats the strangest looking rca cable I have ever seen, what do you plug that into? posted_image

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Posted By: 97Avalonxls
Date Posted: February 15, 2005 at 12:15 PM

I've seen many sites that suggest one should not solder, they say it in creases the likelyhood of shorting the interconnect. anythoughts, or should those people just learn how to solder?

Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: February 15, 2005 at 12:28 PM

Although any cable will work, we have found that one of the best cables for noise rejection is Beldin's 8412. I can provide a link to show the measurements by boss took comparing it to Cat-5 cable. I can also show the extremely long and technical discussion he had between several engineers on this topic. They were claiming that Cat-5 was superior.

I think they just need to learn how to solder. Also, don't solder with the other end of the cable plugged into a preamp that is turned on. posted_image But seriously soldering will give you a much better connection than crimping.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: February 15, 2005 at 1:11 PM

97Avalonxls wrote:

I've seen many sites that suggest one should not solder...

Ahhhh... those must be the "audiophile" sites.

(Most of us here are audiophiles "lovers of musical sounds", but no reason to get stupid about it...lol..)

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 15, 2005 at 2:11 PM

Ravendarat wrote:

Dyohn, thats the strangest looking rca cable I have ever seen, what do you plug that into?

Oops. That's what I get for trying to resize an image. It's fixed.

I agree, the folks who claim that soldering will "short out the interconnect" need to learn how to solder. They are probably using high-wattage solder guns and melting the insulator inside the plug. And Belden 8412 is great cable. Belden is the default wire supplier we always use.

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