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Just took delivery of a new MS v2 and completed my first temp cabling job yesterday. I say "temp" because I have a few challenges with my Omnirax audio furniture - grommet width vs the bulk of cable wraps to send 4 pairs of cables to the various interfaces (RME, headphone amp etc).

I am now thinking I may actually use a custom audio snake I had built a few years ago and commit to making a new clean grommet entry point in the upper left corner of my desk to allow the snake to descend right into the gear for connections.

I have a couple questions surrounding the use of the snake for this scenario and what should the snake carry for signal - and possibly what it might not. Kind of a best practices if you will.

This snake is 5 ft in length with 8 channels (Digiflex Premium Audio Multichannel cable) with balanced mono Neutrik TRS jacks (1/4 inch) on each end. All nicely bound in a Digiflex rubberized wrap sleeve.

I need 6 connections (3 Pairs) of the snake to accomplish the following:

Snake Channels 1+2 for ST1 on the Monitor Station v2
Snake Channels 3+4 for ST2 on the Monitor Station v2
Snake Channels 5+6 for Cue L+R on the Monitor Station v2

I was then hoping to use Snake Channels 7+8 to connect from Speaker A (L+R) on the Monitor Station v2 out to my Presonus Eris 5 monitors - instead of using the existing separate set of TRS->XLR. I really want to be able to have this single snake pop out of a new grommet rather that fighting with more cable wrap and routing

First question - is it a good idea to use the 6 channels for the above and the other 2 to drive the speakers? On paper - it seems like it should be fine. I am talking short runs of 4-8 ft between the speakers.

Second question - if it is OK to use 7+8 for the monitors - I will need to get two TRS cable extenders (Female TRS->Male TRS). The Eris 5 accepts either a balanced XLR OR TRS input jack. I currently have two standard balanced TRS->XLR cables to the speakers.

So - since the snake (7+8) are balanced mono TRS - do I need to get two balanced TRS mono extenders (Female TRS->Male TRS) sorta like a stereo headphone extender or can I simply use a balanced mono microphone extension cable (Female TRS->Male TRS) or even a female TRS to Male XLR? (If such a thing exists)

Appreciate any info you can share

Cheers

VP

DAW: Studio One Pro 6.5.1.96553 | Host OS: Windows 10 Pro 22H2 | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME z790-A | CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13600K | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | Graphics: Intel UHD 770 (HDMI) | Audio Interface: RME UCX II (v1.246) | OS Drive : Samsung 990 PRO (1TB) | Media Drive: Samsung 970 EVO Plus (500GB) | Libraries: Samsung 970 EVO+ (2TB) | Samples : Seagate FireCuda (2TB) | Monitoring: Presonus Monitor Station v2 + Presonus Eris 5 | MIDI Control: Native Instruments Komplete S61 & Presonus ATOM

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