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    How To connect Amphenol to XLR cable?

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    I have an Amphenol type, 91-MC3M, 3-pin screw-on connector that i need to connect to an XLR or a 1/4" male guitar cable. Need steps on where the copper wires go and how.

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    Custom cable is your answer.

    look here.http://www.oaktreeent.com/Vintage_St...one_Cables.htm

    Or if your extra smart you could make one your self.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freudian Slip View Post

    Or if your extra smart you could make one your self.

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    I think that's what he wants to do.
    I'd say, unless someone else knows for sure, desolder the xlr connector on a mic cable and connect the amphenol pin for pin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickshawn View Post
    I have an Amphenol type, 91-MC3M, 3-pin screw-on connector that i need to connect to an XLR or a 1/4" male guitar cable. Need steps on where the copper wires go and how.


    When you said "you wanted to connect it to an XLR OR 1/4" male", I am assuming you are talking "balanced" which would be a 1/4" TRS. T (on the TRS) would go to pin #2 on the Amphenol/XLR connector. R (on the TRS) goes to pin #3, and the S (sleeve) which is the ground/drain/braided wire goes to pin #1

    If you are going "un balanced" you use a 1/4" TS plug and lift (do not connect the wire) that comes from pin #3
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    I followed your instructions.

    My situation is the XLR TRS end is been cut off.

    I installed a new one and it hums.

    Originally it was TRS Phono type.
    Now its XLR and humming.

    When the big ground is not attached I get a slightly less hum.

    The cord hums even when not attached to the mic.

    I don't quite have $65 for a cord + shipping + duty.

    How may I go about D.I.Y?
    Should I try for the original TRS end?

    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 12s View Post
    I followed your instructions.

    My situation is the XLR TRS end is been cut off.

    I installed a new one and it hums.

    Originally it was TRS Phono type.
    Now its XLR and humming.

    When the big ground is not attached I get a slightly less hum.

    The cord hums even when not attached to the mic.

    I don't quite have $65 for a cord + shipping + duty.

    How may I go about D.I.Y?
    Should I try for the original TRS end?

    Thanks!
    You may have a bad connection at the Amphenol end, or a bad cable. You need to check the continuity of each wire in the cable. Do you have a meter of some kind (volt/ohm meter) or some type of continuity tester?

    Even without this, the first thing you could do is resolder the Amphneol connections, or even better, cut a few inches of the cable off and remake the connections. Cables tend to break at the entrance to the connector where the most bending and stress is placed on them.
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