Malcolm Boyce wrote:I have been asked this question before, and I think I know what's going on, but...
With unbalanced, standard 1/4" instrument cables, is marketing "shielded" cables just hype? Aren't most or all instrument cables single conductor with a shield where the shield is the sleeve of the connector?
What's the deal?
weatherstation audio wrote:Banana speaker connector... most pro audio power amps of ther past and today have these type of connections, but it seems that the speakon format is slowly taking over.
The bump on the left of this Banana cable connector is the negative connection... in ease of indentifying in the dark, perhaps ?
And the mated version on the power amp chassis.
josh porter wrote:Is there a difference in the quality of shielding used in 1/4" cables? And what are the different types, I mean is one type better than another or are they all pretty much the same?
josh porter wrote:what about the materials used to make the shield? i have two, carbon shielded cables and 5 copper shielded cables. is there a difference in preformance or not?
oddioguy wrote:QSC and Carver were notable exceptions to the "pin 2 hot" rule, and to the best of my knowledge, Peavey still is.
U1176 wrote:oddioguy wrote:QSC and Carver were notable exceptions to the "pin 2 hot" rule, and to the best of my knowledge, Peavey still is.
I have run into a quite a few British pieces that were the same, some old Drawmer, as well as some Allison Research/Valley People gear.
Sometimes it's difficult to say if it was shipped as such or modded to fit in a given scenario by a tech.
Jef wrote:I read somewhere one time that all 'Shure' mics were wired out of phase (pin 3 - hot).
Can you confirm/deny this?
...Jef...
oddioguy wrote:Jef wrote:I read somewhere one time that all 'Shure' mics were wired out of phase (pin 3 - hot).
Can you confirm/deny this?
...Jef...
First things first...
Welcome Jef! Feel free to contribute here. Any and all info is welcome.
To answer the question....whatever you read was written by someone who was misinformed. Shure has always adhered to the AES convention of "pin 2 hot"
Jef wrote:....(snip)...Could make for some heated and argumentative discussions here ...
No current microphone models from manufacturers would be made pin3 hot. In fact most did wire pin2 hot before it was made AES standard.Jef wrote:It was a long time ago when I read this and maybe it wasn't 'Shure' mics. Do you know of any of the top brand names that do have their mics wired in that config? maybe AKG?
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