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Halcyon:
It's satisfyingly chunky and mechanically sexy.

themadhippy:
Ah a cute little 85 pin veam , brings back memory's of analogue days gone by, but they do make a satisfying click when joining them. . Anyone got the heart to tell him the pro audio world has gone digital ,the  multi can be replaced with a bit of cat 5 and the patch bay/pre amp replaced by  one 2u box.
John B:
Yeah for that amount of channels, I was thinking a MADI setup would make more sense. Very impressive analogue work though. I wouldn't be suprised if that cable setup alone was well over $3k. I went searching and found Amphenol makes a very similar looking connector @$400 for one piece  :o, then you have 2x male pieces, 2x female pieces, plus all that patch cabling..... :o :o :o

I've had a few ideas in the works for a similar but much smaller concept, where I need about 4 channels in a compact single cable connector. XLR 4+ pin is an obvious choice, but as the pin count goes up, the mechanical strength goes down and the number of connect/disconnect cycles before the pins start to deform goes down too. 
The Soulman:
Still keep a bunch of (48 channel) lk150 around here, replaced with madi over two shielded cat6 cables, although the stuff hasn't been used much lately...  :-X
lk85 is a little more rugged vs lk150, same housing but bigger pins spaced further apart, but both aren't faultless.  :palm:
The Soulman:

--- Quote from: John B on July 09, 2020, 11:13:50 pm ---I've had a few ideas in the works for a similar but much smaller concept, where I need about 4 channels in a compact single cable connector. XLR 4+ pin is an obvious choice, but as the pin count goes up, the mechanical strength goes down and the number of connect/disconnect cycles before the pins start to deform goes down too.

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5 pin and up have smaller pins but still are pretty reliable if you use the Neutrik brand.
Terminating a suitable cable in the plug is the challenging part as the maximum cable outer dimension remains limited.
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