Down here, we tend to like Canare and Eurocable, Mogami also falls on that list but from memory is a touch more pricy. I personally despise Belden
AES multicore. It is utterly unpleasant to work, with especially into DB25s that some brainiac decided was an appropriate
connector for this industry.
Terminating
multicore takes skill. It's substantially easier to terminate it in an install than for
portable use, you don't have to factor in so much twisting, turning and other nasty strains on the cables.
If you run individual cables, then remember to indeliably
mark both ends of the cable with some form of numbering else you WILL be guaranteed of fun when working out what's what.
Agreed that a tinned
conductor should be nowhere near a pressure connection of any type, screw terminals, phoenix connectors, I would also say
crimp connections. Particularly if actual
current is moving through it, the solder warms and the connection loosens. The solution is a solder pot
.
I find
AES spec cable to be, in general, less rugged than a good analog grade cable. But given we're talking about an install that's less important. I'm yet to find an
AES snake in Aus that isn't foil shielded rather than
braid shielded. Sure it's easier to work with, but I prefer
braid for flexibility. I also find the
AES stuff has thinner conductors in the main and
insulation on those that is allergic to heat.
A note, if you are multipinning stuff, some people will common grounds to squeeze more channels into a
connector. You can get away with this in most situations with analog, but it WILL bone you with
AES. We've run 50 metres on good analog cable
multicore with
AES when it's only rated to 30. You won't get 30m on common grounded core unless you are REALLY lucky.