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20 Foot XLR $4 @ Pssl.com / Till Nov 30 (monday)
Posted: November 25th, 2009, 5:22 am
by matt
Re: 20 Foot XLR $4 @ Pssl.com / Till Nov 30 (monday)
Posted: November 25th, 2009, 7:49 am
by remco_k
Wow, thats cheap.
Still, maybe obvious, this is no DMX cable. So I would'nt risk problems buying it for light jobs.
Re: 20 Foot XLR $4 @ Pssl.com / Till Nov 30 (monday)
Posted: November 25th, 2009, 8:03 pm
by dmxlighting
Dirty 485 (sorry DMX) will work just fine over that cable. There are only really issues with crap (sorry cheap) cable over very long runs or if you have a LOT of fixtures. In any case a dmx terminator would probably sort your issues if you get any!
Just as a point - I use universal 1 pair + screen, its good for audio and lighting alike, infact I use it for all sorts!
I use it for commercial installations and have never bothered with a terminator and never had a problem.
Its worth mentioning that I only ever use Neutrik xlr's - nothing else comes close! The connectors on the cable on that link look like shite ones!
Re: 20 Foot XLR $4 @ Pssl.com / Till Nov 30 (monday)
Posted: December 1st, 2009, 1:13 am
by matt
im with DMXLighting,
I use "audio" xlr's all the time for DMX and never had an issue.
Its a lot easier to stock one type of xlr cable and use it for either purpose.
Re: 20 Foot XLR $4 @ Pssl.com / Till Nov 30 (monday)
Posted: December 1st, 2009, 11:40 am
by remco_k
matt wrote:im with DMXLighting,
I use "audio" xlr's all the time for DMX and never had an issue.
Its a lot easier to stock one type of xlr cable and use it for either purpose.
I know, it could (and often will) work good. Still there is a big technical difference between regular low-cost audio cabling or real DMX cabling.
As stated, in tiny universes it would'nt make a difference most of the time. But problems may arise when using larger setups.
I like to play on safe, always. Because if there is a problem, it can be too late to do something about it.