Two binder connectors(Male & Female) will only run you $25-$30 MAX, and ask Robb or Ted to do it for you. You can probably get the splice done for $50 or under. It would make your cable MORE versatile, not less. Just unplug the binder and either plug it into the PFAs, or the NBox. Simple as that! And if you don't like the NBox Im sure you could resell it rather quick if its a new platinum
Best of luck!
This is how my cables are set up. Terminated for NBox ( not binder ) and and adapter to use PFAs for my Aerco, or any 48V pre.
Now I'm curious. Can the new NBox cables terminated in a Schoeps binder be used with the the VMS02IB or VMS5U? What about the old cables with an adapter? EN3-->Schoeps Binder?
As long as the actives have a binder connector at the end, they can be used with a new NBox Platinum, a VMS02ib, or a VMS5u Also a LittleBox/Tinybox like I run too, and a Lemosax[Sonosax with a Schoeps KCY input(Binder)]
Sorry Bean, need to correct a bit of misinformation here.
Nbox cables designed for use with an Nbox (or any custom made preamp by Bill / Rick / Nick / etc.) can
only be used with those boxes or a PFA / Tinybox. They are electrically different than genuine Schoeps KC/KCY cables, specifically there is one fewer cable conductor, the circuit is internally grounded, and the FET voltage rail is different. If you have a pair of Nbox cables, there is no way to use them a VMS / Lemosax unit because they are not electronically compatible.
A connector is just a connector; it has no bearing on what devices the active cable will work with, so simply re-terminating a pair of Nbox cables to a 5-pin binder will not magically make it compatible with the VMS.
My understanding is that Nic also now offers custom active cables built to original KC / KCY, in which case could use it those with a VMS, but I believe the overwhelming majority of people that have purchased cables from Nic have the Nbox variant. If I were buying Schoeps active cables, which I'm not since I already own six pairs, I would only get a genuine KC/KCY configuration. It's more flexible / non-proprietary and there are a number of technical reasons to prefer it. YMMV.