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#16 Re: Signal coax recommendations

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now you've confused me Simon...

the photo is rg316 which is 2.49mm outside...yours(rg174) should be fatter, i.e 2.8mm and therefore easier than the stuff in the photo.
I'm not sure but the 316 should be superior(not sure in what respect) because the 316 is silver over copper whereas the 174 is copper over steel...

this could run and run but I'm sure it's a safe bet that nobody here will be able to tell the difference in this application no matter which cable you use.......I may be wrong
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#17 Re: Signal coax recommendations

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We need an interconnect bake-off. Yorkie Hi-Fi Club jobby :mrgreen:
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#18 Re: Signal coax recommendations

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This is the stuff Ed. My mistake, it's actually 1.2mm diameter. Horrid!

https://www.adafruit.com/product/2059

I'm really not wedded to it, just need some decent coax.
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pre65 wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2017 1:47 pm You don't have to do them all at the same time Simon.

I was always told - if it's worth doing it's worth doing properly. :lol:
Mmmm, yes, of course. Unfortunately time isn't something I'm blessed with these days though. It's taken me 10 months to get this far - a day of wiring might take me two or three months. :-(
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Yep thats the stuff
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I was always told - if it's worth doing it's worth doing properly.
But you don't know if its worth doing the first time you do it, so logically thats a bit meaningless.

Also, how do you know what properly means unless you have done it a few times in different ways?

So in fact its probably just a repeat of that old Protestant work ethic so we should regard it as very suspect and fight against it wherever possible.
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#23 Re: Signal coax recommendations

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see, I told you it would run and run......snigger

here is the rg174 spec from Farnell, which is exactly the same as the rg174 spec from Maplin...
farnell rg174.jpg
the adafruit stuff you have is a completely different spec although it says rg174....I wonder which one is correct

I think I need to get out more
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Er, we're on a DIY Audio forum Ed, 'course we need to get out more lol
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#25 Re: Signal coax recommendations

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TBF the Adafruit website does call it thin RG174.

Anyway I popped to Maplin in Wakey at lunch and bought some simple single core stuff which strips easy enough. It's not the same animal as the RG174 though.

So what I take from all this is that most of us just use whatever we have to hand :-)
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#26 Re: Signal coax recommendations

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simon wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:56 pm
So what I take from all this is that most of us just use whatever we have to hand :-)
optimum solution imo

I've just been revising my Doug Self philosophy 101....I'd forgotten about his views on cable foo, and subjectivism, well worth a read.... like I said I firmly believe nobody could tell the difference in your application.
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