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Re: Using shielded cable with banana plugs?

2008-04-06 by John P

I'd think that if you shielded each individual cable and grounded one
end of the shield, letting the other end float,
it would attenuate inductive crosstalk.

riluttante wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm planning to build a cable snake to run my Serge modules into a
> 16x16 matrix. There will be 32 cables with Pomona-brand banana plugs
> on the one end, all coming together on a Sub-D connector on the other
> end.
>
> Considering that banana plugs just have a single "tip", no ground,
> would there be any benefit to using shielded cables for this?
> I mean, if the braided wires on the outside of a shielded cable aren't
> actually connected to anything, does it still protect the signal from
> interference?
>
> Thanks for any tips!
>
>

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