I've yet to purchase cabling for my new DYI kit. Just when I think I've made a purchasing decision I find yet another seemingly cheaper cable. Note that CHEAP is the key word here. I've searched this forum but haven't found any threads dealing with purchasing pre-manufactured CHEAP cabling. Once upon a time I thought I saw a post linking to cheap $3 TRS cables but apparently I'm inept at searching, it doesn't exist, or exists on a different website.
Anyway, throwing out some ideas on sources for cheap cabling. At this point the cheapest I've found is:
* $70 shipped for a lot of 15 HOSA 15' TRS cables. Straight ends on both. http://www.audio-discounters.com/css-115.html
* $87 shipped for a lot of 15 HOSA 15' TRS cables. Right angle on one end. http://www.avalive.com
My other thought was to find a cheap 8/12/16 channel TRS snake. My first search on that avenue turned up some $50 shipped 16 channel TRS snakes which is even cheaper. And they're all labeled as an added bonus. But I'm not sure if they'd support the necessary spread across all the cable ends which I figure about 4' spread from center (the bass drum). Looks like a bunch of cheap cables in a wrap so I could probably just cut the wrap back. I like the idea of a nice clean snake. http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-16-Channel-1...QQcmdZViewItem
Note I have 15' cables listed here as my drum module is in a rack across the room from the actual drums. 15' gives me plenty of room to reach from the furthest drum, cleanly run the cable to the module, slack to run it up to the rack.
Anyway, throwing out some ideas on sources for cheap cabling. At this point the cheapest I've found is:
* $70 shipped for a lot of 15 HOSA 15' TRS cables. Straight ends on both. http://www.audio-discounters.com/css-115.html
* $87 shipped for a lot of 15 HOSA 15' TRS cables. Right angle on one end. http://www.avalive.com
My other thought was to find a cheap 8/12/16 channel TRS snake. My first search on that avenue turned up some $50 shipped 16 channel TRS snakes which is even cheaper. And they're all labeled as an added bonus. But I'm not sure if they'd support the necessary spread across all the cable ends which I figure about 4' spread from center (the bass drum). Looks like a bunch of cheap cables in a wrap so I could probably just cut the wrap back. I like the idea of a nice clean snake. http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-16-Channel-1...QQcmdZViewItem
Note I have 15' cables listed here as my drum module is in a rack across the room from the actual drums. 15' gives me plenty of room to reach from the furthest drum, cleanly run the cable to the module, slack to run it up to the rack.
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