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Posted by legendary_waz on Mar-17-2007 04:13:

n00b question: cables

What are the brands of cable you guys recommend? TIA

Posted by s3nate on Mar-17-2007 05:40:

I just use some RCA cables bought from the dollar store.

Posted by nchs09 on Mar-17-2007 05:59:

same here, exept from radioshack..

i think they are all the same no? unless u got a super nice system in ur house.. it wont matter...

i think..but i might be talking out of my ass

Posted by legendary_waz on Mar-17-2007 06:13:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
unless u got a super nice system in ur house.. it wont matter...

i think..but i might be talking out of my ass

well im talking about cables that you would use to hookup my CDJs to the mixer and mixer out to speakers/monitors.

Posted by nchs09 on Mar-17-2007 06:16:

quote:
Originally posted by legendary_waz
well im talking about cables that you would use to hookup my CDJs to the mixer and mixer out to speakers/monitors.
yup.. i use the same cables..

well i use regular rca cables from cdj to mixer.. and from mixer it goes to a little stereo.. and regular speaker wires go into my speakers..

my audio system in my room is that comperable of Stereo's sound system.... or pachas, or well u get my drift haha

Posted by Ministerio on Mar-17-2007 08:36:

quote:
Originally posted by legendary_waz
well im talking about cables that you would use to hookup my CDJs to the mixer and mixer out to speakers/monitors.

Yea, just regular RCA cables...you can get them at any radio shack type of thing..

Wow..your from mississauga? What part?

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Mar-17-2007 14:37:

well if your using digital coax to connect ur cdj's to your mixer dont settle for anything less than goldplated. theres a noticible difference (in my opinion).

Posted by Mmanu on Mar-17-2007 14:39:

Optical/digital coaxial.

Audioquest for analog

Posted by skip on Mar-17-2007 15:31:

quote:
Originally posted by SPAWNmaster
well if your using digital coax to connect ur cdj's to your mixer dont settle for anything less than goldplated. theres a noticible difference (in my opinion).

i might believe that if it were analog. but digital, no way. how can you tell a difference? the signal is digital. if there's an error in a digital signal, you can clearly hear it. if there's no errors in the signal, getting more expensive cables won't improve the sound quality at all.
on analog cables it's different though, but hardly noticeable on short distances anyway.

Posted by i got big pants on Mar-17-2007 20:11:

if your anal about your cables...get monster or mogami...but mogami doesnt come in rca jacks

Posted by Tony Morello on Mar-17-2007 22:48:

cables are the most often overlooked part of a setup

your setup sound quality is only as strong as it's weakest link

use insolated cables with high quality connectors for the best possible sound quality (monster cables, etc.)

there is a difference with gold plated connectors, use them if possible

Posted by legendary_waz on Mar-18-2007 04:36:

quote:
Originally posted by SPAWNmaster
well if your using digital coax to connect ur cdj's to your mixer dont settle for anything less than goldplated. theres a noticible difference (in my opinion).

again im clueless, care to explain what u mean by digital coax?

quote:
Originally posted by Ministerio
Wow..your from mississauga? What part?

i live in the applewood area. tomken and rathburn.

Posted by T-Soma on Mar-18-2007 04:49:

Good quality decent priced cables would be "Hosa"
If you serious about your quality, your best off making your own.

Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-18-2007 16:17:

It really depends on the size of your system. If you've got huge Mackies or JBLs, then, yeah, spring for the Monster stuff. If you've got small monitors/laptop speakers, it's not gonna make much of any difference.

Posted by jdat on Mar-18-2007 19:19:

Monster is crap despite all the marketing voodo mystic they try and bring to the brand name.

Crap might not be the best choice of words but it certainly is overpriced for what it is.

If you want something decent there are plenty of options but I would recommend
www.bluejeanscable.com/

Posted by Psiweaver on Mar-18-2007 20:18:

I would recommend Tributaries good cable for a decent price. It really depends though on what level your looking for.

Posted by skip on Jul-24-2007 20:39:

i'm just gonna post here instead of posting a new thread.

i'm looking into making myself some TRS to TRS balanced cables. i've googled a fair bit and read a bunch of stuff about it and one thing i don't get is:
wouldn't the wire/cable you buy have to have 3 wires inside of it instead of 2 (which is what all sites i've seen suggest)? all the sites only talk about connecting the + and the -, none say anything about connecting the ground.
i'm such a n00b that i don't even know what the ground is for. could someone please explain this thing to me and tell me what kind of a cable i should go out and buy?

thanks.

Posted by Timski on Jul-25-2007 04:18:

There is mucho amounts of audiophile wankfactor behind different cable types, basically inside it's all really the same stuff, gold connectors don't make much difference compared to silver, one just oxidises better. I run a higher quality cable to my sub and I can notice the difference. As far as running from your CDJ's to your mixer I wouldnt go out and spend $200 on home theater cables because you won't notice.

When it comes to home theater equipment it's slightly another story. and you can break out the much used analogy "You wouldnt put bald tyres on a ferrari, but you wouldnt put racing tyres on a susuki mighty boy either."