Mogami - Quad 12 ga. in the house!

Erik:

What are the "pants" you refer to?

After my stripper post, that's as far as this/my query goes on the matter.

I found stripping the Canare painful/tedious, but I have mild arthritis in a few finger joints.

Ordered the copper spades you suggested, so will have to go through the process again as the binding posts mucked up the wire /copper strands.

Looks like I may need to rough up/mat out the finish on the spades (per reviews being that they are too slick), but figure that if really needed I'll just lightly clamp them (mini vise) with medium particulate sand paper.

I didn't want to "pop" for your Mogami cable as the Canare may only end up in two Sharp based mini systems, but I would have popped for Canare 4S11G (if I could have found it for sale in the USA).

DeKay

Hey @DeKay,

Cable "pants" are specialized heat shrink, which make the transition from the outer cable jacket to the individual + and - conductors more tidy. Sometimes instead of heat shrink they are are little barrels with 1 in and 2 or 4 out. They can look pretty fancy but are also pretty heavy.

The kind I ordered fit OK on the jacket, but the legs were too small for the dual 12 gauge conductors that needed to fit each.

PS - Parts Express has the 2 conductor Mogami 3103 per foot.

Interesting,  never seen (probably didn't notice) those before.

DeKay

Dekay...the stripping of mogami is tough because the smaller/finer conductors.cutting/slice length/horizontal spares them some what....yeah i looked at 4s11g.Even called canare us supplier (Sell 500’) of it..The only one that would sell cut length is in europe/ebay $$.Worked out to be $73.00?...3 m pair.If this your cable than still pretty cheap.

Eric the shrinkwrap looks better than those pvc pants...lol.

@digsmithd I think it depends on how you accessorize, but my cables are going to be like cartoon pigs.  No pants!