Re: MD: OT: Component Video Cables
Personally, I think buying anything that's more expensive than Radio Shack Gold Interconnects is a waste of money... but that's just me. Many people will tell you that buying $500 USD interconnects will make your system "shine, with added detail, sparkle, soundstage, fidelity, bass, treble, whatever". I say they should check inside their equipment, and see the kind of cable inside. Whatever benefits expensive cable might bring will be zapped by everything else. Just my opinion - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: OT: Component Video Cables
Personally, I think buying anything that's more expensive than Radio Shack Gold Interconnects is a waste of money... but that's just me. Many people will tell you that buying $500 USD interconnects will make your system "shine, with added detail, sparkle, soundstage, fidelity, bass, treble, whatever". I say they should check inside their equipment, and see the kind of cable inside. Whatever benefits expensive cable might bring will be zapped by everything else. Just my opinion Not just YOUR opinion though, mine too... It's true that, when you pay 300 (so that's like $301 at the moment :) for a decent CD player, the last thing you want to use is the cruddy interconnects that it comes with Black zipwire, red and white plastic phonos at the ends... But what is it that's actually wrong with them? 1. Cross talk from poor RF insulation and isolation (cheap zipwire!) 2. Poor or variable conductivity across phono plugs (aluminium conductors which can oxidise in air) 3. RF noise on cable, again caused by poor RF insulation 4. Variable characteristics - the resistance of the 'red' cable can be higher than the 'white' cable, for example (cheap zipwire, again - and partly to do with the fact that usually they are using impure copper conductors that are not oxygen-free, resulting in variable amounts of copper oxides and other impurities in the signal path) I did some shopping at Maplin (www.maplin.co.uk) and bought some cable and some connectors and soldered myself some better interconnects. Featuring Van Damme LC-OFC cable. That's oxygen-free copper to you and me to guarantee quoted resistance and capacitance per metre. Meaning a 45-centimeter length of cable will have the same properties as another 45-centimeter length of cable. And pretty meaty three-part insulation, one part of which is conductive to improve RF screening around the screen conductor in the cable. And gold-plated phono connectors which require the minimum of soldering (just one solder point- for the signal wire. The screen wire is clamped in part of the connector so is a solder-free connection). Price, 5 a meter including connectors. Stereo pair for 10 a meter. ( $10.01 ) Sound quality - Top notch. No cross talk (not with that amount of insulation!), no crackling when jiggling the cables (ok, so you wouldn't tend to waggle the cables around too much in a normal setup, but I'm just saying, the zipwire interconnects crackle when rattled). Remarkable soundstage clarity, with a richer, fuller bass and sweet yet detailed top-end :) Just my 2 pence (2.07 cents) Dx - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: OT: Component Video Cables
I agree with you Larry. las wrote: Wouldn't 75 ohm cable work? By them in the length you want and then convert them from "F" connectors to RCA with an adapter that you can purchase at Radio Shack. If you carrying a video signal it seems to me that 75 ohm cable should be just what you want. Also I would think that any decent grade cable designed specifically for video signals that has RCA plugs on each end would work perfectly. Larry Rodney Peterson wrote: Can anybody point me to a place on the web where I can buy component video cables? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: OT: Component Video Cables
I ordered some component cables for $80 including second day UPS shipping. from A2Z cables, a company previous search engines hadn't turned up until I tired Lycos. (WebTV has quite possibly the worst search engine on the internet). They sounded fine and were in fact the upgrade model but I don't know the brand name-I figured the website was professional enough to take a chance with and they have a huge selection of cables and interconnects, so I felt confident in ordering from them. My time is too valuable to bother with make it yourself cable. If anyone in the Los Angeles area is interested in helping me configure my computet/audio/video system, please E-Mail me. You would probably be very interested in the potential of my system. System includes: Panasonic PT56WXF95 HDTV (which can display 720p) Dell Latitude Notebook with Windows 2000 (which can be configured to run DVD at upconverted 720p with the use of the Key Digital VGA to component adapter, which I ordered last week. In addition, I have an HDTV decoder, HDTV D-VHS VCR's, Sony 7000 DVD/CD Player, MiniDisc decks, wireless keyboard/mouse/receiver combo from Logitech (successfully installed today) and lots and lots of other stuff I could use help with from time to time. Thanks! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: OT: Component Video Cables
Rodney Peterson wrote: My time is too valuable to bother with make it yourself cable. My suggestion doesn't involve "make it yourself cable". You purchase Radio Shack's best 75 ohm cables with gold "F" connectors, You buy 2 F to RCA adapters (I'm not sure if they are available gold plated) and you have what I feel is a good set of component video interconnects. Remember if you are using component video, you are still using analog signals. If I am not mistaken, component video is essentially the same as RGB. The black and white signal is piggy packed on one of the 3 colors. Unless you have HDTV DVD's (I don't think that they are available yet), although you can have a digital audio signal, DVD is still analog video and limited to 500 lines of resolution or so. Your HDTV is capable of displaying true digital video. But DVD's can not give you the resolution of HDTV. The best an HDTV will do for DVD's is give you the most you can get out of them. Also you can get true wide screen without having to letter box. But since there is maybe one TV show at this time that broadcasts in HDTV, ...sorry, I've gotten way of the topic and the topic itself has nothing to do with mini discs anyway. But we are kind of reaching a brick wall with Mini Discs outside of Japan. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
