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Gear / Technical Help => Cables => Topic started by: midside on February 22, 2006, 12:11:38 AM
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Hey, I ordered some star-quad to make a 5-pin Y cable and this cable is too think to stuff 2 star-quads into a nuetriks 5-pin RA xlr. Any suggestions and thanks in advance!
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Canare Mini Star-Quad? aka L-4E5C
OD is 4.8mm vs. Canare Star-Quad (L-4E6S) at 6.0mm.
http://www.markertek.com/SearchProduct.asp?item=L%2D4E5C+BK&off=1&sort=prod
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Thanks Jason, I guess I should have assumed that the regular star-quad would have been too big. I also want to make a 5-pin XLR extension cable. Any cable recommendations? I guess I could use the regular star-quad without connecting pairs, but this would leave me asking why I need to tie pairs for a short run if I am using single wires on a long run........
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Both of those are pretty thick for one connector, pretty sure you couldn't stuff 2 of the mini-quads in there. I would recommend something like the Belden 1804a I have or something around .115 in diameter or 26-28 gague.
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Two mini star-quads will fit. You may have to cut a bit of the plastic from that triangular insert thingy to make room, but it'll work nicely. The Belden is probably better cable overall but I've never directly compared them.
- Jason