F-type barrel connectors (cable TV) for audio?

[stubhead]

I found a guy selling large quantities of Belden 8218 cable fairly cheap on Ebay, the same stuff that Bill Lawrence started using with his solderless plug system that was then "borrowed" by his former distributor George L's. It works fine with the Lawrence plugs, but I am going to be wiring up a rack with some of the connections semi-permanent, or at least I don't need the "convenience" of 1/4" jacks and plugs - at any financial level. My interest in the Belden cable was the 20pf per foot rating, not it's solderless plug compatibility. I'll be soldering some 1/4" plugs, but would it make any sense from a reliability and financial standpoint to use the coaxial cable connectors usually found in cable TV rigs wherever I run into a long-term connection? That little thing with the screw collar that you turn onto the wall thing... called an "F-type barrel connector." I've never seen a television hooked up with a 1/4" plug, and the "TV connectors" are cheaper too.

 

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[Cagey]

I suspect you're responding to a 'bot.

 

[mayfly]

Hi Stub,

The F-Style connectors should work just fine. An ingenious idea.

Are you going to make some F-style female ends on the other side?  gonna use wall plates and run the coax in the wall? 

Sounds like fun!

 

[swarfrat]

I'm sure F-style anything doesn't work with Gibson guitars.

 

[alterbridgefan]

I suspect you're responding to a 'bot.

No... Really? :laughing7:

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