Maybe you all know about this shielded cable source, but if you did you're keeping it a secret. Because I didn't find it here or on TGP either.
I have been searching for good shielded cable for my amps. I have tried everything from old school fender external braided reverb wire with it's always present short hazards to Mogami high tech (read expensive) with super fine strands and some weird fiber crap intertwined making soldering very difficult. And, of course, I started with what it seems everyone recommends, RG 174. That stuff is easier to work with but won't hold a bend and you dare not bend the soldered center conductor or it will snap off the terminal to which it had been soldered. Oh, and those super fine copper strands, if you aren't stripping carefully, I mean really careful you will end up with little bits of them floating around inside the chassis just waiting to short something out!
Anyone else have these issues, or am I the only clutz who can't manage coax in the tight spaces of an amp chassis?
My father was a private pilot later in life, he learned to fly at age 50 and we grounded him at age 90. He made it to 97 but might have lived forever had we let him continue flying. He was still passing his flight physicals so the FAA wouldn't ground him. I helped him work on his plane once in a while, his plane was a budget item - dad hated spending money. But, I did see some great looking wiring. I wired Boeing 747's during my college years, I know great wiring and I know really bad wiring too.
Okay, here's the punch line. I found a mil-spec shielded wire with tinned 20 AWG stranded single center conductor not super fine strands of raw copper. It has braided shielding. The outside diameter of the insulating jacket is just 2.53mm or 13/128th inch. It is a little stiff, but will hold a moderate bend. And even a clutz like me can solder that center conductor to a terminal and count on it to be there for years to come.
If you want to give it a try go to: SteinAir in Faribault, MN. Their service was amazingly fast, I had my wire in a matter of days and shipping was reasonable and reliable - USPS. Oh, and they had some great grommets both snap-in nylon style and rubber donuts in many sizes. They were reasonably priced so I bought a bunch.
I have been searching for good shielded cable for my amps. I have tried everything from old school fender external braided reverb wire with it's always present short hazards to Mogami high tech (read expensive) with super fine strands and some weird fiber crap intertwined making soldering very difficult. And, of course, I started with what it seems everyone recommends, RG 174. That stuff is easier to work with but won't hold a bend and you dare not bend the soldered center conductor or it will snap off the terminal to which it had been soldered. Oh, and those super fine copper strands, if you aren't stripping carefully, I mean really careful you will end up with little bits of them floating around inside the chassis just waiting to short something out!
Anyone else have these issues, or am I the only clutz who can't manage coax in the tight spaces of an amp chassis?
My father was a private pilot later in life, he learned to fly at age 50 and we grounded him at age 90. He made it to 97 but might have lived forever had we let him continue flying. He was still passing his flight physicals so the FAA wouldn't ground him. I helped him work on his plane once in a while, his plane was a budget item - dad hated spending money. But, I did see some great looking wiring. I wired Boeing 747's during my college years, I know great wiring and I know really bad wiring too.
Okay, here's the punch line. I found a mil-spec shielded wire with tinned 20 AWG stranded single center conductor not super fine strands of raw copper. It has braided shielding. The outside diameter of the insulating jacket is just 2.53mm or 13/128th inch. It is a little stiff, but will hold a moderate bend. And even a clutz like me can solder that center conductor to a terminal and count on it to be there for years to come.
If you want to give it a try go to: SteinAir in Faribault, MN. Their service was amazingly fast, I had my wire in a matter of days and shipping was reasonable and reliable - USPS. Oh, and they had some great grommets both snap-in nylon style and rubber donuts in many sizes. They were reasonably priced so I bought a bunch.
