These are for all of you who don't believe in paying a boatload of money for a cable (more than a couple bucks a foot), but would like the next step up from the factory-molded thin-wired non-shielded junk that lays in most living rooms.
I got these [summitsource.com] cables and was quite impressed. Gold plated connectors, the cables are fairly thick yet flexible. All came in quality. The solder connections are done well and covered in a glob of hot glue to prevent bending of the cable from wearing on the solder joints. Can't beat the price either...
Impressed with that and doing a parts-express order, I decided to get a few more from there. I expected them to be about the same thing but they weren't. These [partsexpress.com] are the ones I got from Parts Express. DO NOT get them!!! Please! Of the 4 I ordered, 2 arrived with solder joints broken and I had to fix them. After that, one of the remaining ones broke later. Quality of construction is horrible, after inspecting the solder joints I see that they MISSED half the time and the blob of solder barely even touches the wire. The cable is normal coax, and therefore extremely shielded, but also extremely stiff. By stiff I mean if you don't bend it down it could almost hold itself straight out. Overall not very impressed with this cable, but I fixed them up and still chose to use them because the use of actual coax cable makes for good shielding.
-Sean
I got these [summitsource.com] cables and was quite impressed. Gold plated connectors, the cables are fairly thick yet flexible. All came in quality. The solder connections are done well and covered in a glob of hot glue to prevent bending of the cable from wearing on the solder joints. Can't beat the price either...
Impressed with that and doing a parts-express order, I decided to get a few more from there. I expected them to be about the same thing but they weren't. These [partsexpress.com] are the ones I got from Parts Express. DO NOT get them!!! Please! Of the 4 I ordered, 2 arrived with solder joints broken and I had to fix them. After that, one of the remaining ones broke later. Quality of construction is horrible, after inspecting the solder joints I see that they MISSED half the time and the blob of solder barely even touches the wire. The cable is normal coax, and therefore extremely shielded, but also extremely stiff. By stiff I mean if you don't bend it down it could almost hold itself straight out. Overall not very impressed with this cable, but I fixed them up and still chose to use them because the use of actual coax cable makes for good shielding.
-Sean