[thomasamiller]

I am building a long microphone cable,here is the wire we are using:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...asp?c_id=102&c p_id=10249&cs_id=1024901&p_id=5979&seq=1&for mat=2


I have scoured the net and cannot locate a plug that will fit on this cable. As indicated in the spec, the wire width is 8.0 mm.


Here is an idea of what I am looking for:

http://www.switchcraft.com/products/35hdlnn.html


Any ideas what plug I can put and solder on to terminate it correctly?

 

[DonH50]

You could remove the back case (it just unscrews, then you would normally screw it back) and solder directly to the plug, wrapping tightly and/or using heat-shrink tubing to provide protection and strain relief. You _might_ be able to ream out the back to accommodate an 8 mm wire, but that's fairly large for such a small plug.


Virtually all long microphone runs use balanced cable with XLR connectors, or at the very least 1/4" TRS (stereo phone) plugs. You could use one of those and then an XLR or TRS to 1/8" adapter at the end.


HTH - Don

 

[MandM]

Will this not work?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

 

[thomasamiller]



Quote:
Originally Posted by DonH50 /forum/post/18195213


You could remove the back case (it just unscrews, then you would normally screw it back) and solder directly to the plug, wrapping tightly and/or using heat-shrink tubing to provide protection and strain relief. You _might_ be able to ream out the back to accommodate an 8 mm wire, but that's fairly large for such a small plug.


Virtually all long microphone runs use balanced cable with XLR connectors, or at the very least 1/4" TRS (stereo phone) plugs. You could use one of those and then an XLR or TRS to 1/8" adapter at the end.


HTH - Don

ok thanks, does the link MandM provided look correct? Then I will use an adapter to get it to 3.5mm. Thanks!

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]



Quote:
Originally Posted by thomasamiller /forum/post/18195249


ok thanks, does the link MandM provided look correct? Then I will use an adapter to get it to 3.5mm. Thanks!

Yes, 1/4" TRS to 3.5mm adapter. Don't even think about trying to solder standard mic cable to a 3.5 mm plug!


Regards,

Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[DonH50]

Yes, the link looks correct.


And, what Wayne said ( a bit more forcefully than did I).