Group buy for Belden 9182 wire

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This is the link to the cable that we are looking at. I can also provide ends at a bit less then retail. The only catch is going to be shipping, but you can't buy this any other way so your kinda stuck if you want to use it. The cable is made for an industrial network control protocol and is not a Cat cable, just an FYI.

I am looking at $1.45 per foot plus shipping.  Normal cost is $1.67 per foot and must be purchased in 500 or 1000 foot spools (not very practical for most of us).


Post and let me know. 


Patrick

Great initiative thx !

what brand of ends would you be using and can you sate actual prices ?

I am in canada so ultimately would need a shipping quote too

From patchbay to HW is there a rule of thumb like keep everything the same length (in my case 3-4 feet) to not introduce any time differences ?

With all due respect and quite honestly, your comment should have stopped at "I never tried it", this is a group buy thread, if u want to TRY it? great, if not, long winded speculative posts going against the recommendation of an audio electronics master, is probably a bad Idea, don't u think? U could always start another thread.

Well it's in my second post for the per foot price. Ends depend on your poison, switchcraft, neutrik, or amphenol? I have been using the nickel with silver contact Neutrik's. Maybe Jim can comment?

@ $1.45 a foot, count me in for 135' please, let me know when and where to send the $?

thanx again for doing this Patrick!

T

When Paramount Pictures bought one of my mic preamps for their foley building back in 1994, I brought down a few runs of 9182 fitted with Neutrik connectors. Some were 100' long. They ran them from the foley pit up the stairs into the control room. They already were using modified Neumann KMR-81 shotgun mics in the pit.

A couple of days later they called back. Yes, they loved the sound of the cable. It didn't reveal if patched into their in-wall tie lines, only when run up the stairs. The AE's all got together and petitioned mangagement to allow for a full rewiring of the building with 9182. They had just spent thousands fixing up the brick building after the 1994 quake so management wasn't keen on the idea.

The AE's balked and said they were not happy campers. The walls were jack-hammered back open and the entire building is wired with 9182. The first film it was used on was that Star Trek movie when the Enterprise crashed on that jungle planet (can't remember the title). It's worth a listen as it's very revealing and an intimate sound. The crashing through the jungle forest was all done analog, no synths. They overdubed dozens of tracks breaking tree branches in the foley pit. A little pitch shifting and you get a natural sounding crash.

If you use that cable to make a mic cable, use Neutrik connectors and pound out the plastic insert so the cable diameter clears.

So prices

Here is what I will do if people need it to get enough feet together to make purchasing a spool feasible for me.
I will cut and terminate with silver contact Neutrik ends. I can use silver solder as well. I need to come up with a labor price for termination, I know some guys just don't solder.

If you want to order soldered combinations write it out like I did above.[/b]


If you would like it as parts just give me totals for each part required.


This is also a special order product from my supplier so not sure about lead times. The quicker we get the 500ft spoken for the faster I can get it to you.

Or an alternative?

www.wireandcabletogo.com/22-2-Twinaxial-Cable-500ft-or-1000ft-Spool.html?utm_source=google-shopping&utm_medium=organic&gclid=COLqgbT3ob8CFUIQ7AodES4ASA

I skipped over that... it's the other one Jim referenced in Jk wire thread. That is far cheaper!

Well I'll be the judge of whether it works or not when I TRY IT. Jim Williams mods have always worked incredibly well(not subtle), so I believe my very hifi signal chain will reveal if there is a diff? im in need of some new mic cables regardless, and the price is great as DIY, so i know I can't go wrong either way. I believe mike Shipley heard a diff in mic cables to boot, so Jim's in good co.

i know I've said this before, and it seems to be ignored for some unknown reason, this game is the sum of all the small parts, one weak link in the chain, breaks the chain. I'm personally striving for 0 weak links.

I read u, and don't disagree, some things like the $2k power cord between the wall and device are pushed, and other than a ferrite collar, I see it as snake oil unless it plugged into an isolated balance power transformer/supply, the wiring behind he wall is shit, its like plugging a firehouse into a hose bib at ur house, it's effect may be marginally better than a high quality copper supply line in the perfect scenari, but for $2k it's laughable. As far as signal interconnecting, it's diff imv, first the cost is comparable to a standard mic cable, but the top is supposed to open up a bit with the hi end stuff, Jim has said all things being equal, the delta 200 wired with the silver ribbon opens up a bit more as well to his ears, I'm going to find out if this is true for me as well, if not, it'll be the first time Jim would be off with my findings.