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From: king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen King)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Interconnect cables
Message-ID: <1636@dciem.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 09:33:57 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 17 09:33:57 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 10:19:28 EDT
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Reply-To: king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen )
Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada
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Summary: 

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The shield on these 'monster' cables is most likely connected
to signal ground at just one end, yet signal ground must be
connected at *both* ends, or the signal can't get down the wire.
(some ac return path must be provided). An ohmeter will not show
much, especially on these cables, unless it is capable of resolving
differences in resistance as small as .01 ohms. Leaving one end of
the shield 'flying' ensures that noise voltages will not result in
a small current in the shield which could use the signal (hot) wire
as a return path. 

                                -=-=-=-=-=  sjk.