Hey guys I need something about 50 to 75ft long here. I have looked everywhere I know but can't find anything of 20' or so. Please lmk if you know of a place. Thanks in advance
Where can I get cheap rca cables (Stereo)?
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not sure but really don't have any other way (I don't think) 
. I am trying to hookup onboard sound from my 8RDA+ motherboard to my stereo receiver. Any suggestions?
. I am trying to hookup onboard sound from my 8RDA+ motherboard to my stereo receiver. Any suggestions?
http://www.x10.com (Popup hell, get your google toolbar ready)
They make all sorts of wireless peripherals to beam A/V signals
You can get knockoffs at radio shack.
They sell 50' cables at RS as well. If not, try a local electronics shop. If not, try http://www.partsexpress.com
They make all sorts of wireless peripherals to beam A/V signals
You can get knockoffs at radio shack.
They sell 50' cables at RS as well. If not, try a local electronics shop. If not, try http://www.partsexpress.com
Oh and ignore the "ehhhh you're gonna lose quality" boneheads. If you're transmitting audio over an RCA cable chances are you don't give too much of a crap about sound fidelity anyway otherwise you'd be using S/PDIF. The quality loss over 50 feet will be negligible.
I need to transmit video 30 feet to my TV. I have an adaptor that plugs into the second VGA-out on my Matrox G400 that has a composite-out. Should I just use a 30 foot RCA cable?
If possible I would try to relocate your computer or receiver so they are within 25' of each other. About over 25' the signal degradation on unbalanced cables is pretty noticeable. JMO
If you can't though, someone is selling a 50' RCA cable for ~$7 on eBay. Search for 50' RCA
If you can't though, someone is selling a 50' RCA cable for ~$7 on eBay. Search for 50' RCA
Buy 75ft of cable from your local Pro-Audio supply , get some decent connectors, solder up!
If you want to get Really PRO, get 2 Transformer-type Direct Boxes, convert your High Impedance Unbalanced signal to Low Impedance Balanced,with one DI box, use a LONG Mic cable between the boxes and then convert back with another Direct box and replug with another RCA cable.
All the signal rejection of a Balanced line, the ease of not soldering anything.
Either way will work, it's just how much techno you want with your geek.
I would think so too.
Does your motherboard or sound card happen to have SPDIF out? If so, try using that, connected to a "coax" input on your receiver, instead of the analog outputs. As long as the SPDIF signal has enough "oomph" to travel the 50-75 feet, there should be virtually no quality loss. My computer has an SPDIF out and it's running though about 18 feet of cheap RCA cord (actually a single 9 ft. stereo RCA cord, split in two, and joined by a cheap connector in the middle) to a coax input on my receiver. It sounds great. I don't see why it wouldn't be worth a try at 3 times the length.
HMMM. I think I've got enough RCA cables and couplers around in one of my junk drawers to try it. Let me know if you want me to see if a SPDIF signal might travel through 60 or so feet of RCA, and I'll give it a try for you.
Well, I did my little SPDIF test. The source was my Asus P4P800. The receiver was my Harman/Kardon AVR 310.
Using the cheap junk I have on hand, running through 52 feet and 3 extension connectors was no problem. I couldn't really hear any big difference between that and the 26 feet plus one extension connector that I normally use (I remeasured the cord I use, so it's 26 feet total, not 18). Adding another extensoin connector and 10 more feet of cheap RCA cord (for 62 feet and 5 connectors) also worked, but I started to hear a few dropouts. At that point, I couldn't find another connector, but I added 10 more feet (72 total) anyway and just held the two ends together with my hands. That also worked, but the dropouts were even more noticable.
I would say that if you can get a single good cable 75 feet long that doesn't need any extenders, you might be OK with SPDIF, but I'd measure carefully, and if you can get away with a 50 footer, use that, since in my test, ~50 feet seems to be about the limit with cheap cord for good digital signal transmission (with my current "test" equipment).
I didn't try an analog signal, but I would imagine that the results would be OK at best with 50 feet, with the results getting poorer and poorer as more length is added.
I just thought I'd follow up.
Using the cheap junk I have on hand, running through 52 feet and 3 extension connectors was no problem. I couldn't really hear any big difference between that and the 26 feet plus one extension connector that I normally use (I remeasured the cord I use, so it's 26 feet total, not 18). Adding another extensoin connector and 10 more feet of cheap RCA cord (for 62 feet and 5 connectors) also worked, but I started to hear a few dropouts. At that point, I couldn't find another connector, but I added 10 more feet (72 total) anyway and just held the two ends together with my hands. That also worked, but the dropouts were even more noticable.
I would say that if you can get a single good cable 75 feet long that doesn't need any extenders, you might be OK with SPDIF, but I'd measure carefully, and if you can get away with a 50 footer, use that, since in my test, ~50 feet seems to be about the limit with cheap cord for good digital signal transmission (with my current "test" equipment).
I didn't try an analog signal, but I would imagine that the results would be OK at best with 50 feet, with the results getting poorer and poorer as more length is added.
I just thought I'd follow up.
Siddhartha
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