cable help

[jimmy_LD]

are there some companies/retailers out there that you guys prefer for obscure cables and such?

I am looking for a four to six foot male xlr to 1/4" trs cable to go from my mixer to my DA-30...

Let me know!
Jimmy

[scottboyher]

Won't that cause an impedance problem?

[LocusLarsen]

Moster makes some of the best. People think they are over priced, but that is all I buy anymore. No impedence problems.

[scottboyher]

When I bought my condenser mic at GC I needed a cable to go from the mic to a 1/4" input in my 4 track. They make that cord but they said that I would loose some of the effectiveness due to impedance.. Maybe this isn't the same...

[jrosenstein]

Originally posted by scottboyher
When I bought my condenser mic at GC I needed a cable to go from the mic to a 1/4" input in my 4 track. They make that cord but they said that I would loose some of the effectiveness due to impedance.. Maybe this isn't the same...

The impedance problem you speak of is not from the cables, but they were right to tell you there would be a problem. If you had done that, you would be plugging a microphone into a line-level input. Not a good idea. That's what preamps are for!

[jimmy_LD]

what's the link?
I tried www.moster.com with no success

[jrosenstein]

he meant monster

www.monstercable.com

[kid klash]

It sounds like your mixer has balanced 1/4" line outputs, because the DA-30 (and DA-30II) has balanced XLR line inputs. If so, you shouldn't have any impedance problems. Go for it.

[DJL]

Originally posted by scottboyher
Won't that cause an impedance problem?

Not if the 1/4" end of the cable is a TRS type plug (stereo type plug) and the devices that cable is plugged into, accepts balanced connections.

[Blue Bear Sound]

Originally posted by LocusLarsen
People think they are over priced...

WAAAAYYYY overpriced!

[Henri Devill]

Originally posted by scottboyher
When I bought my condenser mic at GC I needed a cable to go from the mic to a 1/4" input in my 4 track. They make that cord but they said that I would loose some of the effectiveness due to impedance.. Maybe this isn't the same...

How are you "powering" that mic? Batteries?


Don

[scottboyher]

Originally posted by Henri Devill
How are you "powering" that mic? Batteries?


Don

Yes! My very first condenser was a Rode NT3 that used Phantom Power or 9 vold battery. That was before I got a mixer that had Phantom..

[Doug Quance]

You might also talk to Taylor Johnson at the Sound Room.

Taylor makes cables up using RamTech cable. It's very thin, and very good. A real space-saver, for sure. You can put several of them in a small bag.

[LocusLarsen]

Originally posted by Doug Quance
A real space-saver, for sure. You can put several of them in a small bag.

HAHA

I didn't realize that cables took up that much room. I mean, I have a lot of cables lying around, but I have never thought of them as something like, "if they were only a 1/10 of an inch less in diameter I could........"

[Doug Quance]

Originally posted by LocusLarsen
HAHA

I didn't realize that cables took up that much room. I mean, I have a lot of cables lying around, but I have never thought of them as something like, "if they were only a 1/10 of an inch less in diameter I could........"

I know it's funny... I thought the same thing when Taylor told me about them, but it's true.

I can carry my mixer, my mics, my cables, my portable hard disk recorder, my RNC, mic stands, etc. into a club in one trip!