xlr cables

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303Lithgow

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What should I look for in an xlr cable? I see cables anywhere from $20 for a hundred feet to $100 for twenty feet. I'm thinking the cheapies aren't shielded good enough.
 
Middle of the road ones are fine. The best bang of the buck without giving up quality has always been the ProCo brand stuff. It has the same lifetime warrantee as Monster, without the stupidly high price.

Very good quality stuff too. I still have some mic and guitar cables that I bought in the 80's and I use them every day.
 
Farview said:
Middle of the road ones are fine. The best bang of the buck without giving up quality has always been the ProCo brand stuff. It has the same lifetime warrantee as Monster, without the stupidly high price.

Very good quality stuff too. I still have some mic and guitar cables that I bought in the 80's and I use them every day.
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Thanks, I see a lot of no-brand cables on ebay.. Makes me wonder what they are made of. I have some 1/8th speaker cables from the 70's that still work fine. I wonder if some of the cheap cables coming out of China will be around in 40 years?
 
I have two Kirlin MP-280-30FT 20 AWG cables that came with a used mic I bought. They seem to do the job. Anyone have any experience with them or the GLS cables asked about above?
 
IMO, there is a big difference in whether you are using cables for studio use, or for live use. I would never buy the cheapest, molded jack variety for anything, but anything above that does not actually sound any better. Durability, is the biggest difference. I would never spend $100 for a 20' cable. I can solder a new end on any cable. Screw the lifetime warranty that makes a cable cost 5 times it's value for it.
 
jimmys69 said:
IMO, there is a big difference in whether you are using cables for studio use, or for live use. I would never buy the cheapest, molded jack variety for anything, but anything above that does not actually sound any better. Durability, is the biggest difference. I would never spend $100 for a 20' cable. I can solder a new end on any cable. Screw the lifetime warranty that makes a cable cost 5 times it's value for it.
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I helped a sound guy set up for a concert last year. Everything he had weighed ten times as much anything I had seen before. Some of his longer spooled snakes took two guys to pickup.
 
Yep, when you use cables for an intensely demanding live situation, you get heavy duty stuff. For cables in a recording environment, you do not need Kevlar sheathing for a 3' cable. unless you keep cable chewing squirrels in your studio. Shielding is not what costs money. It is name branding and the casing that costs more.
 
The speakerrepair.com (GLS?) mic cables work just fine. Their cables spec as well as any commonly available commercial cable and they will save you a bundle. Mic cables can and should last for decades!

Paj
 
Gee, that doesn't sound spammy at all for a first post...

And for the record, if the difference was huge, there's something wrong with your system.
 
thesonicguru said:
For the record anyone that passes judgment with out trying something, Does not know what they are talking about:spank:
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You have absolutely no idea what sort of cables I've tested in the last 30-some years... No idea.

And frankly, your cables are probably decent stuff that's not too pricey. But don't come in here and try to B.S. us all into thinking you're not affiliated...
 
Spammers :rolleyes:

I use Rapco's microphone and patch cabling. (no affiliation) Lifetime guarantee - yet with the thousands of feet of cable that I have. I think that I had to re-solder just ONE lead on a microphone cable, ever!
These cables are all at least ten years old. Some of the 100' microphone cables have been on the ground at festivals with tens of thousands of people walking on them DAILY.

Nice thick rubber jacket that lays flat and coils very easy with Neutrik ends.

The cost at the time of purchase was very, very good.
Copper has gone up the last few years and I haven't had to purchase cabling as of late except for some Edison cable and I was bowled over at the price hike.
 
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