Thanks Jon! I didn't know about that availability of the fat boot; that's a great tip.
Followup question, what is your opinion on connecting the connector shell to the cable shield/ground wire? I don't have an electronics background, but from my reading on the interweb it seems that there are a lot of various opinions on whether to connect neither, one, or both connector shells. The argument for one only seems to be that this can protect your equipment when connecting to other people equipment which may be wired incorrectly. I can buy this argument, but for taping where I will be connecting my mics to my recorder this does not really seem to apply. I guess I am leaning towards connecting both, but would love to hear what you (or others) have to say on the subject.