zhang_junyang 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Hi, I hope to get some advice on how to wire up my cable to the connectors. I bought some canare 4s6 cables and 3.5mm and RCA plugs. I would like to make some 3.5mm to 3.5mm, 3.5mm to RCA and RCA to RCA cable assemblies. The canare 4s6 cables are star quad (4 conductors) with a shield around. For the 3 kinds of cable assemblies, what are the recommended best ways in which I should solder the cable to the connectors? For example, for the 3.5mm to RCA, I thought of soldering 2 conductors to the ground and 1 conductor each to the left and right signal and leave the shield floating on the 3.5mm side, while on the RCA side, I will solder the ground and signal conductors to their respective plugs and the shield is still floating. Is it better to solder the shield to the RCA or 3.5mm ground or floating? Thanks for any advice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alvin1118 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2008 eh? Canare 4s6 for signal ? i thought it's a speaker cable? Canare 4s6 am i wrong? ahha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stereo_Electronics 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2008 Or L-4E6S? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alvin1118 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2008 should be L-4E6S.. dont scare me 4s6 for signal cable >< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zhang_junyang 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2008 oh yah. i bought the L-4E6S microphone cable which has 4 conductors and shield around. sorry for the misquote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alvin1118 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2008 haha,it's alright then. 4cores and one shield. 3.5mm to 3.5mm is easy, RCA wise u need to look into grounding loop issue. do a search in google, google will tell you how to diy RCA cable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites