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"Pro Series" Precision
5-Channel cable with your choice of RCA or BNC connectors.
This custom made Canare precision component video cable is built with
Canare's matching, high quality, "True 75 Ohm" RCA and/or BNC type connectors.
The connectors are fitted with flexible silicone boots, which enhance the
appearance of the cables, while avoiding sharp bends at the connectors. This is
an ideal way to connect satellite receiver, video processor and similar sources
to CRT, LCD, DLP, LCOS, plasma, monitors, HDTVs, front projector, or any RGBHV
video-enabled equipment.
With this custom cable, you select the connectors that perfectly match your
equipment, eliminating the need for adapters that can cause impedance bumps. If
you are interested in why impedance bumps are bad, please read Flawless Results
below.
If you are not sure which component cable to choose, please
click here for a comparison
of Canare component video cables.
Why Canare?
You can tell 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.
Canare cables are often the choice of the professionals who produce and
broadcast the program material that we strive to accurately reproduce. It is
hard to imagine how one could do better than to use the same cables that were
used to originate the programming!
The BNC Connectors
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.
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.
The RCA Connectors
It is hard to imagine a finer RCA connector than Canare's. Generic RCA plugs and
cables have been around for over 50 years, but the old solder-type plugs
typically have an impedance of about 25 ohms. This is a problem because most
modern A/V gear is designed for 75 ohms impedance. This impedance mismatch
results in extremely poor return loss performance, even when the connectors are
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 impedance-matched 75 ohm RCA crimp plugs solve these problems. As with
the BNC connectors, they are precision machined to maintain a constant 75 ohm
impedance. We install them using Canare tools that always prepare the cable
ends, just right. The connectors are crimped in place, using heavy,
precision-machined dies. The result is excellent digital and analog performance
with a usable bandwidth to over 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. It's an
awesome system, and the resulting terminations are in a class of their own.
The center shaft is gold plated. If you look closely at the picture at the
right, you can see the internal beryllium pressure fingers, which ensure good
contact, while avoiding the "grip of death" that afflicts Monster and some of
the other manufacturers' 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.
Cable Specs
Of course you also want high quality cable. Flexibility is desirable
because it avoids stress on your equipment and the interconnects. Flex
life is important because it prevents cable performance from degrading over
time. 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 specs! 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. All the extra
layers make the cables stiff, and tend to make good terminations more difficult to install,
and more prone to failure.
This three-channel Canare cable is lightweight and extremely flexible. Considerably
more flexible than the Monster cables we tested. It has a PVC jacket with a smooth, non-glare
finish, and it stays flexible even at sub-zero temperatures! Here are some specs on the cable:
- Outside jacket diameter, 11.5 mm (.453 in.)
- Individual channel OD, 4.4 mm (.173 in.)
- Low loss - less than .015 db per meter at 1 MHz, and less than .49 db even at 1 GHz!
- Tightly woven all-copper shield with greater than 97% coverage
- Nominal capacitance, 67 pF per meter
- Nominal impedance, 75 ohms
- Velocity of propagation, 66%
- Less than 2.2 nanosecond differential delay between channels
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.
Miscellaneous
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Click on any of the pictures below for a closer
view!
This picture shows a 1 meter cable with BNC connectors. Please select the length
and terminations that you need below.
This close-up will give you a better look at our end preparations. BNC
connectors are shown here, but you may also choose RCA connectors below.
This picture shows the Canare's excellent BNC connectors. Notice the heavy
connector bodies and gold-plated pins..
Shown here are the optional RCA connectors.
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.
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