does xlr make a difference?

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depends on the rest of the gear quality. ( Will they transmit signal? , yes of course) but will it sound as good as mogami or zaola or something of that quality, no. The higher the quality of the cable+ connectors and length can make a pretty good margin of difference.
But if your overall signal path is compromised than it won't make a difference to you. Take for instance a Shure PG48 through a behringer UB802 into a pc soundcard. Will a $100.00 cable make a difference, probably not by much. Now say you have a AKG 414
with a Universal audio preamp into an apogee AD converter and you are using a $5 mic cable than you would probably notice a major difference upgrading to a mogami gold connection or a Zaola silver cable.
 
just to add to that... They're is a deffinate difference between a cheapy cable and a decent quality (at least $20) cable. But I don't think the difference between a $20 cable and a $100 cable is nearly as noticeable.
 
There's an additional factor to consider as well: quality of construction.

Cheaper cables can tend to be inferior in areas such as strain relief, contact integrity, and general resistance to wear and tear.

A $5 cable with poor strain releif and tack soldering in the connector is no bargain if it shorts out after 6 months or 6 weeks because poor or no strain releif means the cable is easy to inadvetantly pull out the back of the connector, and there's no way to fix it because the cheap connector is sonically welded. Your choices at that point are to either replace the entire cable, or cut off the connector and replace it with a quality connector that costs more than the entire cable origially cost.

OTOH, a $20 cable that lasts you a virtual lifetime even when you accidentally run it over with your Hummer, and is easily reparable even if your Hummer does break it, will pay for itself in replacement and repair savings over the long haul.

That said, those cables you have appear to be heavily discounted at that $5 price. They are probably not awful cables; nothing to write home about, but nothing to lose sleep over either, I wouldn't think.

G.
 
I once did a PA job for a band called Findo Gask

all was going well what with singer doing mad Roger Daltry swinging mic tricks & all

as I said it was going well untill my buddy Ewan ended up being narrowly missed by a flying SM58

I recommended that the singer got a a cable that had some sort of bomb proof metal running through like admantium!!!!

Pay for good cables or get an experienced solder person to build them for ya

having a muso father has it's serious advantages
 
slidey said:
I once did a PA job for a band called Findo Gask

all was going well what with singer doing mad Roger Daltry swinging mic tricks & all

as I said it was going well untill my buddy Ewan ended up being narrowly missed by a flying SM58

I recommended that the singer got a a cable that had some sort of bomb proof metal running through like admantium!!!!

Pay for good cables or get an experienced solder person to build them for ya

having a muso father has it's serious advantages
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Roger used mucho duct tape...
 
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