This is a great alternative to buying expensive custom made cables from internet sites, when you need custom lengths.
Figured I'd post up some info on my recent build, and if anyone wants to add to it or share theirs, please do. Yes, it's a remake of the other site's thread, but who cares. Most of the people here don't go there anyway. ;)
I ordered belden 1505f coax cable from rawcable.com, in blue, over a year ago. I had a good bit left over so I ordered some more in black. However, I found markertek to have the best price (however, they don't sell colored variants, so you can only get black) @ $0.70/ft.
The cable is VERY flexible. I absoultely love it. The capacitance is pretty low. I think it's second only to the custom belden L-1C that bluejeanscable sells (fwiw, they also own rawcable.com). I know it is expensive compared to the cheaper gepco cable, but this cable is just really nice. Plus, it's double shield and polyethelene core supposedly helps make it more resistant to EMI, making it a great for my lousy noise-ridden civic. Or maybe I just bought into the marketing... either way, I really do like this cable a lot. Much more so than some of the random mic cables I've used this past year.
I also went with black neutrik NYS352BG (black shell with gold male) & NYS352BAG (black shell with nickel male) connectors. I like these a lot as they are very easy to assemble. Simply solder the male and then crimp/clamp down the female.
So, here are a few pictures for those who are interested. I thought I had posted some a while back from my previous build, but I guess I didn't. I made 2 sets: each with blue/black cable to help me keep things separated a bit.
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