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"Pro Series" Precision
Discrete 3-Channel Set with your choice of RCA, BNC or F connectors.
Choose from 11 jacket color options!
This is a three-channel set of custom made Canare precision cables
for component video. The cables are made with Canare's high-quality,
True 75 Ohm connectors, fitted with flexible color-coded silicone
strain-relief boots. The boots enhance the appearance of the
cables and avoid sharp bends at the connectors while providing visual
identification of the channels.
Here is an upgrade for your system that will be hard to miss
-- from the professional look and feel of the cables themselves,
to the superior quality of the video that they provide. Perfect
for DVD or HDTV hook-ups!
If you are not sure which component cable to choose, please
click here for
a comparison of Canare component video cables.
Why Component?
In a word, simplicity. Component video hook-ups
eliminate some encoding and decoding steps. This is likely
to improve picture quality because encoding or decoding a
color signal is not a very clean process. Invariably some
information is lost, and undesirable artifacts such as chroma crawl,
busy edges, loss of detail in colored areas, and cross-color rainbows
are generated. Each pass through the process adds to the problem,
so the fewer times a signal is encoded and decoded, the better.
If your equipment supports component video connections, you will
certainly want to take advantage of it.
What Makes Canare So Great?
You can tell, just by looking, that Canare cables and
connectors are well made, and you can tell by reading the rave reviews
that Canare cables are great performers! Canare is the choice
of professionals and discriminating enthusiasts, alike.
We have found that the key to great video cables is in the connectors.
Exotic conductors and shielding are fine, but it's the connectors
that really make the difference. You probably already know
the prices for Monster, Tributaries, and some of the other more
esoteric cables -- they can be very expensive. On the
basis of price alone, it's hard to beat Canare, and if you consider
performance, it's even harder.
From reading Monster's website, we were not able to see that
they even claim to have constant impedance connectors!
It's all very confusing, because a higher price does not necessarily
equate to better performance, and most of the "technical data" on
high-end cables is just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo, with little or no
basis in fact. Unfortunately, superlatives do not render a
superior picture.
Formula for Superior Performance
Here's what you need if you want the finest video that your equipment
can deliver. You need video cables that are capable of maintaining
a constant impedance. You don't want any bumps at the connectors,
and you don't want the cable itself to change impedance when it
bends. Even the finest cable changes impedance a little bit
when it is bent sharply, so avoid doing so. Nice, smooth,
consistent 75 Ohm impedance. That's what your equipment wants,
and that's what will deliver the best picture.
You also want superior mechanical integrity. Nice, tight
connections that will not degrade over time. You want to avoid
dissimilar metals, which can lead to corrosion and degrade connections.
To avoid dissimilar metals, try to stay away from soldered connections
wherever you can, because solder almost guarantees that dissimilar
metals will be in contact. Good solder work minimizes the
problem, but there is also the challenge of making a solder connection
without heat deforming the dielectric material of the cable.
Any dimensional change in the dielectric will affect the impedance
of the cable at that point.
Of course you also want high quality cable. Flexibility
is desirable because it avoids stress on your equipment and the
interconnects. Try to avoid multiple materials in the conductors
or shielding, because of the problems associated with dissimilar
metals. Low loss is desirable, but don't sacrifice mechanical
integrity in favor of small differences in loss specification!
Cables with foamed dielectric materials generally have lower loss,
but foam is not without it's own inherent problems. Shielding
is important, but don't be confused by exorbitant claims.
Electrical shielding is not the same as waterproofing -- you don't
need two, three, four, or more layers of shielding to get good electrical
shielding, and all the extra layers make the cables stiff, and tend
to make good terminations more difficult to install, and more prone
to failure.
Canare Cable
These cables are made with Canare's most popular cable,
LV-61S. They are lightweight and extremely flexible. Considerably
more flexible than the Monster cables we tested. This superior
flexibility also ensures longer flex life. They have PVC jackets
with a smooth, non-glare finish. They even stay flexible in
sub-zero weather! Hopefully, your equipment will never be subjected
to such an extreme temperature, but the point is that the cables
really are made of high-quality materials. Here are some specs
on the cable:
- Outside diameter, 6.1mm (.240 in.)
- Low loss - less than .013 db per meter at 1 MHz, and less
than 4.2 db even at 1 GHz!
- Tightly woven all-copper shield with greater than 95% coverage
- Nominal capacitance, 67 pF per meter at 1 KHz
- Nominal impedance, 75 Ohms
- Velocity of propagation, 66%
In our experience, this is one of the finest video cables available
at any price. We prefer it even to other offerings from Canare,
such as the CFB series cables (which we also offer), for several
important reasons. The CFB series cables have excellent high-frequency
specifications, to be sure, but there is no practical advantage
to using them for component video, and several disadvantages.
This LV-61S cable is much more flexible and is easier to work with.
It also stands up better to handling and bending. LV-61S has
more than enough bandwidth for component video -- we have used this
cable, with great success, in runs over 50 meters in length.
If you really want CFB series cables, we have them
here!
Canare RCA Connectors
It is hard to imagine a finer RCA connector than Canare's.
They are precision machined to maintain a constant 75 Ohm impedance.
We install them using a Canare tool that always prepares the cable
ends, just right. The connectors are crimped in place, using
heavy, precision-machined dies. The crimps are so tight that
oxygen is excluded, and thus corrosion is prevented. It's
an awesome system, and the resulting terminations are in a class
of their own.
Generic RCA audio plugs and cables have been around for over
50 years, but the old solder-type plugs typically have an impedance
of about 25 Ohms. They exhibit extremely poor return loss
performance, even when mated to high quality cable. Some of
the so-called "high end" cables use exotic-sounding materials and
make unsupportable claims, but still fail to solve this very real
and important problem.
Canare's new 75 Ohm RCA crimp plugs solve these problems.
Their impedance-matched design achieves excellent digital and analog
performance, with a usable bandwidth to 200 MHz! The connector
design ensures consistent and extremely reliable terminations.
VSWR is typically less than 1.1 from DC to 200 MHz. The crimp
design excludes oxygen, preventing corrosion associated with dissimilar
metals, which can degrade even the best soldered connections.
The center shaft is gold plated. If you look closely at
the picture at the right, you can see the internal pressure fingers,
which ensure good contact, while solving the "grip of death" problem,
which has been a issue with Monster's connectors. The "grip
of death" connectors put unnecessary strain on your equipment.
Canare connectors connect up smoothly, and maintain good contact,
while protecting your equipment investment.
Canare BNC Connectors
The BNC-type connector is the best connector that is commonly
available for applications of this type. In general, it is
both mechanically and electrically superior to an RCA connector.
It has a twist-lock mechanism to ensure that the the connection
is mechanically secure, and the electrical design of the connector
does a good job of maintaining constant impedance at the connector.
Canare takes this inherent superiority to the next level.
For example, many BNC connectors have a characteristic impedance
of only 50 Ohms, but Canare connectors are engineered to maintain
a constant impedance of 75 Ohms. This make a lot of sense
because virtually all A/V equipment is designed to work best with
75 Ohm cables. It follows that if you want the best performance
your equipment can deliver, you will need cables and connectors
that maintain this impedance.
This electrical superiority is the result of superior mechanical
design, high-quality materials and precision manufacturing.
Canare's BNC connectors are almost artful in their design...and
they work very well indeed.
In our experience, the key to great video cables is in the connectors.
Exotic conductors and shielding are fine, but it's the connectors
that really make the difference.
See For Yourself !
We have tested these Canare cables against Monster, and
some other more esoteric cables. In our test setup, no other
cable outperformed a Canare cable of a similar size. If you
don't believe it, you can try it yourself. If you don't already
have it, get a copy of the Video Essentials or Avia test disks for
your DVD or laserdisc player, and take a look at the test patterns.
Watch for the artifacts mentioned above
that can creep in with lesser cables, then switch to the Canare
cables and look for the difference that constant impedance can make.
We tested cables ranging in length from 1 meter to 100 meters.
Some of the cables that we tested had specs that looked better on
paper than Canare's, but in our real-world tests, Canare always
prevailed.
Why Cable Solutions?
No one works harder than we do to get your order shipped out to
you fast!
Customer service is our first priority. We do our best
to help you find the best solutions for your particular application.
We're enthusiasts too, so we know what it's like to wait for cables
to hook up new gear. We stock all of the components needed
to build all of the items listed on our website, so we are able
to do something that most cable shops do not - we build and ship
most orders within one business day.
We also know how important it is to be able to get a response
when you need help, so you'll often find us working long hours in
an effort to get you the answers that you need. It takes good
people to do outstanding work...the kind of workmanship you want
for your custom cables. It usually costs more to keep good
people, but the importance of high-quality workmanship is second
only to the importance of superior service. I'll let
you figure out for yourself why paying too little for a cable can
turn out to be just as bad as paying too much. Our pricing is based
upon the actual cost of building the cables.
Canare cable, Canare connectors, and Canare tools - an all Canare
system. When you take a system this good and put it in the
hands of technicians as good as ours, it becomes an awesome system!
Design excellence, high quality materials, meticulous workmanship,
and superior service...put it all together and you get a superior
product. Don't get stuck with bad advice, poor service, slow
shipment or an inferior product. If you want the best, here
it is.
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Click on any of the pictures below for a closer
view!
This picture shows a 2 meter set - please select the length that
you need below. Our "standard" jacket color is yellow, but
feel free to select from any of the 11 color options listed below.
This close-up will give you a better look at our RCA-type end preparations.
This is our "standard" connector option, but you may also choose
BNC or F-type connectors.
The red, green and blue silicone strain-relief boots provide industry-standard
color-coding for quick and easy hook-up.
This picture shows a 1 meter set with black jackets.
Please select the length/color that you prefer below.
Here is a closer look at the end preparations. Black jackets with
red, green and blue silicone strain-relief boots are shown.
Here is an example of a two meter set with white jackets.
Close-up view of the connectors
This picture shows a 2 meter set using red, green, and blue cables.
Here is a close-up of the end connectors, shown with matching red,
green, and blue silicone strain-relief boots.
This close-up will give you a good look at the internal gold-plated
beryllium copper pressure fingers and gold-plated center shaft that
are unique to Canare's amazing "True 75 Ohm" impedance-matched RCA
connectors.
Shown here are the optional BNC connectors. Notice the heavy
connector bodies and gold-plated pins.
This picture shows the ten different Canare colors. Although only
yellow and black cable are shown here, you may choose from all of
the same colors as the boots.
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