what instrument/mic cables do you use

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what brand of instrument/mic cables do you use? If other, please specify.

  • Carver

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Monster

    Votes: 30 33.3%

  • Pro Co

    Votes: 9 10.0%

  • Horizon

    Votes: 17 18.9%

  • Hosa

    Votes: 12 13.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 46 51.1%
  • Total voters
    90
Gilliland said:
Be careful. If you put your signal through too many right angle connectors, you'll wind up with square waves!

:p ;) :rolleyes:
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kinda witty, me thinks... :D
 
crosstudio said:
i didn't put in Mogami, Belden, or Canare because I didn't know about them.

one thing i'm not going to do is make my own cables. i spend enough time screwing around with acoustic foam and other non-actual-recording type of stuff. you gotta cut your losses somewhere.

i'm going to take a ride up to Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center this week, and see if i can take a look at these cables for myself. based on this poll, i'll know which ones to bother looking at.
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Check out fourstarwire.com Custom 24gauge sheilded wire w/nuetrik connectors. less than 1/2 the price of music stores. Guarenteed for life w/full replacement. To top it off you order them in any color and they shrinkwrap your studio logo on them for free. The only downfall is they are custom made and take 7-10 days to ship. Something to look in to. I have not had a problem yet.
 
crosstudio said:
holy crap these friggin' things are expensive.

maybe i will make them myself. how much should i expect to pay for belden wire and switchcraft connectors, and what's the best soder to use?

i wanted to buy 8 - 3 foot patch cables (1/4"), and 2 or 3 - 10' instrument cables.

monster wants $40 for a 12' cable!
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You can expect to pay anywhere from $.30 to $1.00 per foot for anything decent. Copper keeps going up so that changes all the time now, I would suggest Neutrik ends over switchcraft though. Use 60/40 solder which is pretty standard.
 
Whatever you do, just don't support that piece of crap company, Monster.

I'm not even going to get in to it, but their company's practices are just downright awful.

Do a Google search on their copyright suits. These guys make Enron look like a bunch of Boy Scouts.
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I use Yorkville cables for mics and interface connections...
 
chessrock said:
Whatever you do, just don't support that piece of crap company, Monster.

I'm not even going to get in to it, but their company's practices are just downright awful.

Do a Google search on their copyright suits. These guys make Enron look like a bunch of Boy Scouts.
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right on.... don't break the bank. Buying premade cables is a rip off. All you need is a soldering iron, utility knife, wire strippers, and patience. Oh yeah and a small vice helps as well.

I make my cables using mogami cable ($.60 a foot) and amphenol trs/ts ends ($2.00) and Neutrik xlr (3.50)

It;s like a sore peter you can;t beat it!
 
Check out Gotham Audio cables. They make all types. Sell in bulk and assembled. http://www.gothamaudiousa.com

Neumann used Gotham cables for years. Still does on some of the mics. Mic guru Klaus Heyne favors Gotham cables.

They're actually affordable. You can get into 20' XLR Gotham mic cable for around $30. Nothing that'll break the bank, and quality shielded cables can really make a difference not just in sound quality, but also in cutting down on noise interference.

A store that really knows their stuff about cables, and carries a lot of the best brands, is http://www.lavacable.com/
 
I build my own cables using Mogami cables and Switchcraft ends.

If you learn to build your own, you can save alot of money. You can also fix cables if something happens to them.
 
email this gal..

sharon3545@optonline.net and I promise you that she will give you AMAZING prices. She is a stay at home mom(I think) who solders cables and sells them on ebay..they are VERY HQ, and she uses Canare and Belden Cable, various flavors and colors..she can make em however you want em...

I use her cables, Mogami, Audio magic, and vovox.
 
Mogami cables all through my settings. Except my speaker wire's, their streetwires' that I had left from my car audio installation
 
crosstudio said:
I've got instrument cables from my local guitar shop, and from horizon. i've also got this one instrument cable that i use when recording to go from the guitar or bass to a DI box.

i use this one cable because it seems to have WAY less noise than any of the other instrument cables i have... but it doesn't have a brand.

i'm considering buying either Carver or Monster instrument cables, but i want to know what everyone else is using.

I'm always in pursuit of a better s/n ratio in my little one-room home studio.
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I'm a DIY'er when it comes to cables.

For me, it's more economical for me to buy a high grade cable and black Neutrik ends, and do it myself - when I had my studio going, I had a little repair space set up, and I made a cable jig - which was essentially an experiment's box with every kind of jack on it, so I could plug the plug into the jack to hold it, and solder away. I could turn out a finished mic cable in about 10 minutes.

I got really good at it - especially after I spent 6 months completely rebuilding a mixing-board - I turned into a soldering fool. :p



Tim
 
the only thing I usually solder are computer components, only on laptops though. When I was the computer tech, I would just tell them to buy a new part to a pc (which is cheaper then notebook work anyways). Only cables I know how to make are cat cables.
 
Mindset said:
the only thing I usually solder are computer components, only on laptops though. When I was the computer tech, I would just tell them to buy a new part to a pc (which is cheaper then notebook work anyways). Only cables I know how to make are cat cables.
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Mindset,

Click on the Soldering 101 in my signature and you'll learn how to make guitar and mic cables. :D


Tim
 
Tim Brown said:
I got really good at it - especially after I spent 6 months completely rebuilding a mixing-board - I turned into a soldering fool. :p
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And let's not forget that next to fresh baked bread and fireworks, there's nothing like the smell of a working soldering iron! :)

G.
 
make my own. use mogami cable and neutrik connectors, you cant get much better than that.
 
for the money i mean, you cant get much better for the money. it works out to be something stupid like $12 for a 20ft cable, compared to $40 for the same thing, just already put together.
 
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