Originally Posted by
MartinT
So are mine. Although I have found the Yannis silver balanced cables I use now to be very slightly better, there's very little in it between cheap Maplin microphone cables, super-expensive Kimber Select, Tellurium Q Black and Yannis ConnectLitz using mostly Neutrik and Switchcraft XLR connectors. The Neutriks I now use, despite their lowish price (down to the vast quantities made), are superbly constructed, have silver pins that mate firmly and pass the test of time. You really don't need a vastly expensive connector in balanced applications as the system negates the effect of the cable and connectors to a large degree.
another here, all my system is balanced so the 24 xlr connecters I use would be a whopping £1680.00, I could buy something nice for that kind of dosh, I agree with Martin theres little difference between maplins mic patch leads and some mega bucks cables well 5 friends failed to hear a difference between some strikingly differently constructed cables , after all that's why balanced equipment became the industry standard.
could be a completely different effect though when using them for a power supply connection.
Paul
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