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  Mon 25 Jul 2005, 15:06
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Hi again!
I go myself a M-Audio FW 1814 last week and it works like a dream! But the supplied FW cable is quite short, about 1 m. I´m planning to do a lot of live gig recordings and as you know, working conditions are not always ideal, so a longer FW cable would make life a lot easier. Also, I want to keep my setup as compact and portable as possible: I´d much rather have one long firewire cable and 16 short patch cables than other way around. So, is there a restriction how long cable I can use with this kind of device? I´m not talking about miles here, something around 3-5 meters should be fine. Thanks in advance, Mikael |
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Tue 26 Jul 2005, 11:05
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3-5 meters is no problem - i ued much longer ones (with video) - up to 10 meters it works but you have to buy good (expensive) cables
for longer things i used powered hubs (repeaters in a way) - no problems found (and on this cable(s) i had signal coming from 3 uncompressed cameras - not bad) |
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Coolhat Fiewire Cable - How Long Can I Go? Mon 25 Jul 2005, 15:06
ourmanflinty I've seen cables on sale up to 20m, high quali... Mon 25 Jul 2005, 17:18
Coolhat Thanks for the help, guys!
I´ll definitely go... Tue 26 Jul 2005, 11:11 |
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