Yes - the market cable will work.
Stranded cable is less likely to break than solid core.
Tour grade covers are more resistant to being pulled.
For a few thousand pounds of gear I don’t think buying a cable designed for the job is silly money - but it is more than is needed in some/many cases
Yes - the market cable will work.
Stranded cable is less likely to break than solid core.
Tour grade covers are more resistant to being pulled.
For a few thousand pounds of gear I don’t think buying a cable designed for the job is silly money - but it is more than is needed in some/many cases
Yes … great. thanks for the instant research to the links.
I’li eventually geta couple.
Ive just used the local tech store for mine as I said earlier.
and I have a couple more 30 metre black 6e of which i always run at least 2 lengths.
And in some jobs I always run an 8 way analogue for various talk back and other things.
My bigger jobs I have needed for 3 desks to 3 ARs’ and also silent talk back via computer texting
So have run 5 lengths of cat cable.
Its hard to justify buying 5 lengths of the expensive on reel stuff.
However I will… one day
I guess if you are doing small shows every single day in out yes a necessity to have the reel mode!
A supplier I use has custom multi cores for their jobs. Mains, data and analogue audio in one pipe. Expensive, but if you’re touring then they’re worth it.
Ok sounds good,
can you give me a link to them?
what is ‘out of spec’ ?
Out of spec is out of specification…
Hybrid cables are available from Sommer Cable or Klotz, for example.
one meter is about 50m low cost Cat5… 
SFL run 4(8?) Cat5, 16A(*2?) mains, 8 analogue lines - with custom connectors. It’s ferociously expensive, but massively convenient for a tour or a daily put in - which is what they often do…
SFL showed me that system last time I visited. Lovely, but cost more than my entire PA setup! I believe the Hybrid cable was made specially for them to their own design.
Yes - it was custom made, but it is frighteningly expensive.
There is a thread on another forum (I can’t remember where) where they discuss the specs and solicit other possible users.
For them it’s worth it, for me, not so much…
Here’s a link:
Yes Thanks for the link 
The only thing I can not do is permanently have all of my cables taped or together as I do different sized events.
However maybe I’ll do just that for speed of rig and de-rig.
I did notice when I first go the solid core pre-made cables
its easy to kink just one cable by itself however when you get 3 of them together those dynamics of kinking just diminish
AND you have instant back-up.
Feed them all through a hose pipe