"Larry Caldwell" wrote in message
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Thomas G. Marshall wrote:

Well, I checked that at RS, and they have no way to do it, and I'm in the
middle of nowhere, so It'll have to be internet.

Check again, though the RCA plugs that fit coax require quite a bit of
soldering for a good connection. RS does sell them.

Contrary to popular mythology, the best connectors are metal to like
metal. Plain tin plugs in a plain tin jack will work as well as
anything. Monster cables may look cute, but they don't work any better
than soldering iron specials that only cost a few pennies.

The mark-up on cables is even worse than the 300% mark-up on jewelry.

**Really? Examples? Evidence?

BTW: I retail cables. I make the most profit margin from the cheapest
cables. Some of my competitors mark up cheap cables to levels which approach
absurdity. I had rectify a bunch of faults in an extremely complex AV system
a few years ago. All the faults were caused by the installer's use of VERY
cheap, crappy cables, which had been manufactured to LOOK like expensive
cables. I buy those cables (more correctly: I CAN buy those cables) for
about AUS$1.60/1 Metre pair. I don't buy them, because they're carp. They
sound like crap (in good systems), they exhibit high levels of capacitance,
have poor shielding and are very poorly terminated. My client showed me his
invoice. He had been charged AUS$167.00 for those cables! I replaced them
with moderately high grade cables, which I charged out at AUS$40.00 each. I
pay $22.00 for those cables. The REALLY exotic cables I sell provide me with
around 30% profit margin.


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au