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Originally Posted by Adlen

Can't find the XLR>XLR one but here's a Speakon>XLR: CORDIAL CTL 10 FL 25 - U.K. International Cyberstore

I didn't think it was viable but apparently it is. Bizzare stuff!

Huh, trip out. What the hell do they hook it to? Is there an amp that has XLR speaker outs or a cab that has XLR ins?

Originally Posted by Blast9

The only "speaker" inputs I've seen are on powered monitors like the OP has - but that's obviously gonna carry a line-level signal not a speaker-level signal... In any case mic cables and line level cables are generally interchangeable - Some mic cables are thinner gauge wire though.

Yeah I just kinda assumed everyone was confusing line/mic cable for powered monitors with actual speaker cable, and I was trying to eliminate that confusion. But apparently there are circumstances (albeit rare) where it is actually used with speaker cable.

Generally though, I don't think anyone is going to order an XLR speaker cable by accident. I think it's fair to assume that XLR are standard for line/mic signals, and that for speakers it's a special case.

I personally think whoever decided to use an XLR for speakers is an idiot - why introduce such confusion that could lead to damaging not only the cable, but amps and mics as well? I guess you could say the same thing about 1/4" plugs though. If I had a dollar for every time I've seen a guitarist try to use a speaker cable for an instrument cable and wonder why there's so much noise... or vice-versa and wonder why the cable gets so warm....