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Old 18th August 2009   #7
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Originally Posted by aclarson View Post
I've never heard of a speaker cable using XLRs, that would be weird, three conductors isn't really ideal, and the pin gauge is only like 18 right? Plus the shell is designed for RF shielding, unnecessary for speaker cable. The only speaker connectors I ever see are 1/4" (predominantly), Speakon, and occasionally just stripped wires stuffed in screw terminals.
Yeah I only saw an XLR speaker lead for the first time the other day. I'd only seen jack, Speakon, bare wire and Banana plugs.
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