Best place to buy a digital coax cable?

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Heifetz

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Monoprice has one for $6, but shipping is another $6. Is there another site that has cheaper shipping?
 
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Lifer
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Buy a bunch more stuff at Monoprice to make the shipping hit more reasonable. That's what I always do :eek: You can never have enough ethernet cables ;)
 
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Kaido

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ebay maybe? they are fairly easy to make...if you use a lot of cables it's worth investing in the tools and materials. You need a cable stripper, punch tool, connectors, and cable. I buy RG6 Quad Shield wire, which lets me do 75-ohm Digital Coaxial audio cables, Composite cables, Component Cables, etc., plus you can do RF cables for TV and stuff with the appropriate connectors. I've saved tons of $$$ doing it this way.
 
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Howard

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Punch tool?

It's also interesting to note that the attentuation for a good two-shield cable is lower than for an "equivalent" quad-shield.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Kaido
ebay maybe? they are fairly easy to make...if you use a lot of cables it's worth investing in the tools and materials. You need a cable stripper, punch tool, connectors, and cable. I buy RG6 Quad Shield wire, which lets me do 75-ohm Digital Coaxial audio cables, Composite cables, Component Cables, etc., plus you can do RF cables for TV and stuff with the appropriate connectors. I've saved tons of $$$ doing it this way.
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Where do you buy the connectors?
 
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sswingle

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Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Kaido
ebay maybe? they are fairly easy to make...if you use a lot of cables it's worth investing in the tools and materials. You need a cable stripper, punch tool, connectors, and cable. I buy RG6 Quad Shield wire, which lets me do 75-ohm Digital Coaxial audio cables, Composite cables, Component Cables, etc., plus you can do RF cables for TV and stuff with the appropriate connectors. I've saved tons of $$$ doing it this way.
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Where do you buy the connectors?
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Ebay, radio shack, lowes, etc.
 
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spidey07

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And people wonder why their stereo/video sounds/looks like crap. With this kind of advice I can see why.

If you're in a pinch use a good quality video cable.
 
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biggestmuff

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Originally posted by: spidey07
And people wonder why their stereo/video sounds/looks like crap. With this kind of advice I can see why.

If you're in a pinch use a good quality video cable.
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Gee! And yet you wonder how that type of advice is propogated?

 
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DaveSimmons

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It's a low-bitrate digital connection (under 2 mbit/sec even for DTS) so it's not terribly sensitive to cable quality for short to medium cable lengths.

Bass will not be muffled because of the lack of hyperoxygenated trilithium shielding around the stranded copper wires. Midrange will not become cloudy because the cable has not been cryogenically processed.

In short, a $2 composite video cable will almost certainly sound perfect, flawless, and exactly the same as a $200 cable.
 
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Kaido

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Originally posted by: Howard
Punch tool?

It's also interesting to note that the attentuation for a good two-shield cable is lower than for an "equivalent" quad-shield.
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Correct name is "Compression Tool". Couldn't remember what it was called :D Links:

Compression Tool - $39
Cable Stripper - $10
RG6 Quad RCA Connectors - $2 each

I use Quad Shield because I can buy a lot of it and use it for a variety of purposes, for everything from satellite cable to subwoofer cable to digital coaxial audio cable. I use Belkin for long runs because it's nice and stiff, but for things like Component or Composite cables I use Monster cable because it's much more flexible. The price for the Monster cable is almost 3 times as much as the Belkin (something like 78 cents a foot vs. 26), but it's so much more flexible that you'll thank yourself when you start installing a home theater system.

Edit: You will also want to pick up a good cable cutter. I have the kind that also strips speaker wire, it's a wire stripper/cutter/crimper all in one, looks like this. I also have a bag of wall connectors, they are little plastic U-shaped clips that go over the wire and have a nail in them so you can punch them into the wall if you are running a cable a long way. Most cables/connectors are available in different colors so you can match the decor. Having these tools have been invaluable for my own home theater setup as well as for ones I've done for friends & customers.
 
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TheCanuck

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Just bought one at Wal-Mart for $6.96 this weekend. Philips brand, 6ft,...nothing special but it works great. ;) I never buy top of the line cables since you won't notice the difference unless you're looking at very long cable runs.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Howard
Wouldn't that just be a crimper?
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No, because those connectors aren't crimped. The correct name is "compression tool" as he said above.
 
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