--- You wrote: you might get away with extending the cable from the connector at either end, however, making the cable into a "Y" by branching off from the middle connector is very, very likely to cause major problems as it will create an impedance mismatch and hence signal reflections which is a serious problem for signal quality on the cable. you're best bet is to get or make a longer cable. the parts are available from digikey.com, and other places, as are custom made cables, though you'll have to figure out which cable and connectors you want to use, not just tell them "ide" cable as they make any number of custom cables with several different brands of cable and connectors and different numbers of wires and pins. --- end of quote --- This makes a lot of sense, but the problem with longer cables seems to be that the two drive connectors are still pretty close together. Your impedance explanation suggests why this may be so. I'm using 24" now and could go to 36" for one pair of monitors, but due to the internal layout of the MT, I'd still have trouble reaching one of the drives.
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