Signal degradation when connecting XLR cables?

[Frankm666]

Is there signal degradation (of importance) when connecting XLR cables.
Am I losing S/N or frequency by adding a ten foot XLR to a twenty foot XLR to make the run I need or should all my microphone runs be single cables.

Thanks for the help,

Frank Military

 

[boingoman]

You'll be fine. All things considered, one more connection ain't gonna hurt nothin'. Especially a nice, tight XLR to XLR connection.

 

[Monkey Allen]

And do the lengths of XLR cables effect sound? Or for that matter, is it ok to lay an XLR cable over on itself, or wind it up like a garden hose? XLR cables are pretty much all balanced aren't they? so there shouldn't be a worry?

 

[boingoman]

And do the lengths of XLR cables effect sound? Or for that matter, is it ok to lay an XLR cable over on itself, or wind it up like a garden hose? XLR cables are pretty much all balanced aren't they? so there shouldn't be a worry?

As long as it is even barely acceptable cable, you wouldn't notice any change for a hundred feet or so, probably a good bit more. With even OK cable you can go a lot farther than that.

It's OK to pile them right up. There isn't enough current or voltage running through a mic cable to cause any problems from them laying on each other. In multi-channel snakes all the mic lines are about as close as you can get them, after all, and usually right next to a bunch of line-level cables as well.

 

[noisedude]

I have often wondered about that - I keep getting told that it's so important to not coil the cables and stuff whilst they're being used, but clearly they're much closer when they're all packed into a multi-core with only relatively fine insulators between them.