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Default Coax cable used for DC instrumentation

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Phil Allison wrote:

"William Sommer****** Fool "


5mV is down in the range of microphones and phono pickups. I would not
run such a signal through 35' of coax.



** Co-ax works perfectly with microphones.


Every bit as good as shielded twisted pair cable.


That must explain why pretty well all pro microphone cable is twisted
pair, then. And always has been even before phantom etc power.

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