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Haven't seen the videos, but I was taught the "proper" way of wrapping audio cables when I took an audio recording class, and now I obsessively wrap all my cabl
by gwd 7y ago
Haven't seen the videos, but I was taught the "proper" way of wrapping audio cables when I took an audio recording class, and now I obsessively wrap all my cables that way. So much more useful!
- criddell 7y ago> So much more useful! The only cables I really deal with are network cables and extension cords and I've always just done the wrap-around-your-palm-and-elbow-method. What am I missing out on?
- foobarbecue 7y agoYou are missing out on what the previous comments and links are telling you -- you're twisting your poor cables to death.
- criddell 7y agoIt's a long slow death then. I have some cables (extension cords) that are thirty years old and I don't think I've had one fail yet.
- gwd 7y ago> What am I missing out on? The person who showed me how to do it said, "If you've done it right, you should be able to do this"; and with the coiled microphone cable in one hand, she held one end with her thumb and tossed the rest of the coil outwards. It uncoiled in the air and landed in a straight line, no tangles or knots. Basically, if you do this: 1) The cables are less likely to be damaged, 2) the cables are a lot more 'weildy': they don't get tangled in interminable knots, and expand very easily. The cables themselves remain looking nice as well, and don't get ugly kinks in them.
- justinclift 7y agoWent looking for YouTube video's to demonstrate the throwing of said coiled rope. This came up, though the technique for coiling looks different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFokJdx12yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFokJdx12yo Suspecting (without trying it), that it might work out as the same type of coiling though.