I would go for some Belden 1800F from http://www.bluejeanscable.co.uk/stor...udio/index.htm
No snake oil, just superior engineering made up at a fair price & will last forever, unlike weird and wonderful “Gucci” XLRs.
I would go for some Belden 1800F from http://www.bluejeanscable.co.uk/stor...udio/index.htm
No snake oil, just superior engineering made up at a fair price & will last forever, unlike weird and wonderful “Gucci” XLRs.
Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.
Some of the Mic cables can have less copper than general line level cable, Klotz MC-5000 has one of the thickest conductors at 0.5mm sq. Many are less than 0.2mm sq.
If you use MC-5000 with Neutrik NC-XX (chuck type cable grip) XLR connectors, you need to make a slight mod to the chuck as the MC-5000 is slightly too big in jacket diameter.
As it's only line level we are talking about they should all work from a conductor standpoint. I prefer un-plated copper (NC-5000). Van Damme is Silver plated copper, the choice is yours.
Any of the main Pro Audio cables, Van Damme, Sommer, Klotz, would be fine, mogami are more expensive but have a following.
Depending on your cable run/preference, the shielding type may be as important, single/double, coax/spiral etc.
For short runs in a tidy domestic environment, they will all work fine.
Fitting the connectors to the cable yourself can save a bit of cash, the cheap ready made leads are just that, cheap and poor quality.
Last edited by Qwin; 22-10-2017 at 22:26.
Yes a good multipurpose pro audio cable, totally suitable for analogue purposes (including mic cable), but meet the spec for AES/EBU... the lower capacitance can only be a good thing for analogue, and the impedance is a non issue.
There are potential issues the other way around (using an analogue XLR for AES/EBU and producing impedance mismatches).
Last edited by Yomanze; 23-10-2017 at 08:53.
Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.
I have tried various cables as I make my own up and after quite a while tried Canare star quad, Klotz 5000, Van Damme Classic XKE which all sounded OK, but I tried the Van Damme starquad XKE and found them to be a nice open sounding cable. They captured the leading edge of transients better than the other cables.
I had the Klotz with Neutrik silver plated XLR`s for a while and it was my favoured cable, but the Van Damme Starquad XKE just gave that bit extra.