
minofifa
New member
hey everybody....
well i'm still planning out my custom rack shelf and i had an idea but i thought i better run it by the people here before i started getting carried away buying connectors and drilling holes...
here is my idea. I am building a rack shelf that is, for the most part, as sound proof that it can be. it will have a door on the front and a back panel on it (there will be plenty of space for cooling still). Since i don't want to be putting a zillion holes in the back for the numerous cables, my idea is to drill 8-10 holes in the top and insert into each, a female to male xlr connector. This way i can plug my mics into the top of the rack shelf (which will be about 5 feet high) and have the wire run from the connector in the top of the unit to the appropiate piece of gear, probably the preamp / soundcard.
What i am finding however, is that it is hard to find female to male xlr connectors at a decent price. so i was wondering if i could just buy like 8 mic cables and have one end plugged into the rack gear on the inside of the rack and have the other end mounted into the wood of the roof of the rack so that just the end sticks up (ultimately producing the same setup i described).
would either of these setups (connectors or short cables) cause a serious degreation in quality? any advice or comments? even a link to a good connector / adaptor site would be helpful.
Thanks for the help.
well i'm still planning out my custom rack shelf and i had an idea but i thought i better run it by the people here before i started getting carried away buying connectors and drilling holes...
here is my idea. I am building a rack shelf that is, for the most part, as sound proof that it can be. it will have a door on the front and a back panel on it (there will be plenty of space for cooling still). Since i don't want to be putting a zillion holes in the back for the numerous cables, my idea is to drill 8-10 holes in the top and insert into each, a female to male xlr connector. This way i can plug my mics into the top of the rack shelf (which will be about 5 feet high) and have the wire run from the connector in the top of the unit to the appropiate piece of gear, probably the preamp / soundcard.
What i am finding however, is that it is hard to find female to male xlr connectors at a decent price. so i was wondering if i could just buy like 8 mic cables and have one end plugged into the rack gear on the inside of the rack and have the other end mounted into the wood of the roof of the rack so that just the end sticks up (ultimately producing the same setup i described).
would either of these setups (connectors or short cables) cause a serious degreation in quality? any advice or comments? even a link to a good connector / adaptor site would be helpful.
Thanks for the help.