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Just picked up some cables from Wacky (John) Kovacky and was 
impressed enough to toss out a shameless plug.  847-366-0292  The 
cables are very nicely done.  He uses Switchcraft connectors, 3M 
heatshrink, and good quality (durable) wire.  For the time being, he 
lives very close to my place so I got to see his operation last night 
when I picked up 60 cables.  He buys the wire on 2000' spools, 
connectors by the thousands, and 500' or 1000' reels of heatshrink.  
He tests each cable made and then heat-seals the bags with 5 cables 
per bag.  Very professional.

I measured the capacitance on a 10' cable and it would appear to be a 
hair under 39 picofarads per foot (388.1 pf on a 10' length) which 
seems fairly typical for pro, unbalanced lines.  He also has done 
snakes, XLR patch panels, and just about everything one would find in 
a studio or gigging setup.  I am very satisfied with the quality.  I 
chose combinations of cable and shrink colors to more easily identify 
the cables by length.  He can do almost any number of cables you'd 
want and deliver them a lot faster than you could probably do 
yourself.  Highly recommended.

Cheers!
Tom Farrand

mbedtom@... wrote:

> Just picked up some cables from Wacky (John) Kovacky and was
> impressed enough to toss out a shameless plug.  847-366-0292

Does he have a website?  What are the prices like?

ld

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Does he have a website?  What are the prices like?
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He did have a website, but his server crashed so I heard, and he 
never put up another one.

Moe

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> Does he have a website?  What are the prices like?
>
> ld

Excerpt from MOTM group email dated 6/27/01 (from John Potter):
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I spoke w/ John Kovacky today about his WackyKovacky cables (thanks to Paul
Schreiber for his phone number).  He's still around - just doesn't have the
web site anymore and he said I was free to give out the information we
discussed so here it is...

Prices:
$6.25 for the first foot
.25 each foot thereafter

Wire Colors: 
Black, Red, Blue

Shrinkwrap Colors: 
Black, Red, Blue, Green, White, Yellow

Average lead time: 2-5 days

Phone Number: 847-366-0292
email: mrrocknone@...
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Cheers,
George