This is in contrast to microphones with vacuum-tube circuitry, most of which require special, multi-conductor cables.

These transceivers were connected to the handset cradle with a multi-conductor cable usually around .5 inch thick.

Its size was so small, in part, because the power supply was in a separate chassis, connected to the transceiver with a multi-conductor cable.

Portable recorders were connected to the camera with a multi-conductor cable terminated with multi-pin connectors on each end.

These include splicing systems that allow multi-conductor cables for distributing telephone signals and snowshoe-shaped devices for reversing the direction of cables.

The dub, demodulated (or "demod") cable was a multi-conductor cable that circumvented a portion of video circuitry, minimizing amplification noise.

However, standard two-conductor shielded cables (as were commonly used for dynamic microphones) could now be used for connecting condenser microphones as well, obviating the need for special multi-conductor cables.

In modern practice, the supply and return wires both arrive at the first switch, where the supply is connected to one of the two switching wires (hot/red); the return wire is carried inside the same multi-conductor cable to the distant second switch.