microphone cable and pop filters... which to buy?

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after reviewing several other threads on this board... I have narrowed down the best of 3 types of microphone cables

monster cable
star quad cable (not really a brand apparently)
blue kiwi microphone cable (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...DSiP@z@3zb4Am942qgK/befree_site_id=0040859866)

according to mojopie, blue kiwi mic cable is the best for the price (http://www.mojopie.com/xmas03.html)

ALSO - what is the best pop filter for the price, again, mojopie thinsk that the Stedman Proscreen 101 is the best (http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=stedman+ps101)

ANY INFORMATION IS APPRECIATED!
 
by the way...

the mic's I will be hooking up are:
sp b1, shure sm 57, 2 oktava mk012's, and a akg d112...

they'll need to be about 20 feet.
 
Quad cable has four leads. Starquad is made by Canare. It is very good cable but you must buy Neutrik or Switchcraft connectors and make your own mic cables.

My suggestion is to just buy the BLUE cables and be done with it.

Pop filters are supposed to stop pops. I made my own out of an embroidery hoop and nylon for $4.00. It works fine. I'm sure the Stedman is fine also for $43.00.
 
Just noticed today that Best Buy sells 10' Monster P500 mic cable for $19.95. If you can use a 10 footer, this may be a good deal.
Stedman pop filters do not attenuate high frequencies. Get a Stedman and a good nylon one, just in case you NEED to tone down the highs.

Terry
 
Kiwi and Stedman - congrats on doing research before posting!
 
...

and what would be a good nylon pop filter to acquire? (for the best price/quality of course)
 
Most of them are pretty much the same. Seems that GC had a Raxxess on sale for $10. I had a CAD and it was alright (I liked the 6" size) but the clamp wasnt the best ever. I got rid of it. I think they (nylon ones under $50) are all mostly the same.
 
build your own cables

It is a lot cheaper to do, all you need is a soldering iron, cable, and connectors. You can get canare or mogami cable balanced for about $1ish a foot, and connectors are about 3 bucks a pop. Every one that I made tests out with less resistance than my monster cables.
In LA you can get them from Pacific Radio supply on La Brea in Hollywood, you can also order online at pacrad.com --I think.
 
For one or two cables it is cheaper to buy them premade as the fixed costs will jack you over the $20/cable area. You'd need to buy cable, connectors, solder, soldering iron, wire stripper, wire cutter, etc.
 
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