It does seem that the RCA conectors themselve need to be short.
I have thought long and hard about builing my own cables , knowing that Belden 1505 bulk cable can be bought for $1 a foot,,

That's also an option...

I don't know if its still in the archives but a poster with a handle similar to Soundhound (its changed over the years) put together a great DYI on building your own cables. Needless to say it was meticulous. I am guessing it was over 5 years ago, so if you look I would start there.

I don't know if 73Bruin is referring to me but I built my own RCA cables using RG59 cable with Permaseal 75 ohm connectors. I documented the process in this thread . I got a lot of help from other forum members and the cables have worked well. Let me know if you have any questions.

AvFan - I was referring to an even older link which as I recall now was removed from this forum. But to prove that very few things of value really go away once posted on the Interet, I found the following by googling soundhound rg-59 diy.

However, on the original topic on this thread, it looks like the RCA's that soundhound recommended from Carnare are pretty long and may not be a good fit for the OP's need.

Ahhh. Thanks for finding a 2003 (!!) thread on soldered connectors. Now we've got the info for another few years. Altec/Soundhoud's DIY cables were pretty elegant and I suspect they'd hold up better than my compression style connectors if they were plugged in/out often.

intial thoughts are these :
After buying
100 ft Beldin 1505f cable @ 0.66 a foot
(38 ) Liberty RCA compression fitting @ $2.04 a peice
Coax cable stripper and Compression tool ?
I will be looking @ close to $200
Cost per pair of cables less than $20,half the cost of BJ cables, 9X the cost of Monoprice.
I know the pleasure that comes with DIY projects that are successful. I also know the devastation when failure consumes one fadding ego.It all seems simple enough that I will take the risk.

It was fun reading back through the search result of sounhounds post. The Salon was hub of great activity just a few years back.Thanks for the help .

Bill, I have the same Standout Designs unit as the picture in the post. I am using Blue Jeans Cables to connect my 1070 to my 7500. I have the back extender (as in the picture) and just run the cables from the 1070 directly to the 7500. I don't go outside through the wire management holes for these connections.

I am having it built to be 24" wide instead of the 22". At the time I thought all I would need is the 24", and not the 26" an extender would give me.
It looks as if I may have not given myself any wiggle room.
I have some wood working tools that I can use if I need to add some more depth by making an extender
I believe it all should work except for the APC J15. The power cables that plug into it are just to stiff . I will probably have to cut out the back panel behind the J15 and add some depth.
The shelving will be one inch narrower than the inside dept to allow the cable to run top to bottom as you describe
There should be only 12 av cables that exit/enter the cabinet
8 speaker wires and 5 power cables

On the one side I will have
990
Carvin 2 channel amp
Oppo DVD P
Cambridge Audio CD P

On the other
APC J15
Parasound 5 channel amp
Direct TV box


I ordered all the parts / tools to make my own RCA interconnects yesterday.
Hopefully everything works as it is supposed too.This could turn out to be one of those coulda shouda woulda moments I have come all too familar with. The cabinet my not have any back panel after I get finished.

I recieved my cable yesterday and it is flexible , not as flexible as microphone cable, but close enough.
Surprised that the Cable I bought from Rawcable.com shipped from Blue Jeans Cable .
They are getting my money one way or the other.