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Old 28th August 2012   #1
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'Oversized XLR'

Oh Sages of Geekslutdom. I bow before you with yet another totally asinine question that Google searches have lead to no answer on.

The following photo depicts the 'oversized' xlr cannon cable attached to an RCA BK-5A next to a 'normal sized' xlr cable.





The question is.........Does anybody make an adapter for 'oversized xlr' plugs or should I just hack it off and attach a normal xlr plug? My preference is to find an adapter, but I realize this may be a fool's errand.
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I don't think they are still made, so you pretty much have to buy an old stock connector. Try Leeds Radio here in Brooklyn.
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That's an EP-3M connector. They certainly still make and use EP-4, EP-6 and EP-8 for PA speaker connectors. Like this:Amphenol, XLR, Connector, Audio
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A brief history of the XLR connector.

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They were very popular in the earlier days of broadcasting. You would see nothing but P boxes on the studio walls and on the ends of microphone cables. I still have a bunch of the male and female P connectors.

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So now I'm thinking my best bet to keep things stock would be to build an EP-3F to regular XLR Male mini-cable.

Thanks for all the input and information.

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I believe the mics originally shipped with no connector at all, so stock isn't a question.

I'd change it to XLR, as using a P adapter adds another piece of contact resistance on a low level chain, with an aged P connector likely having less than stellar contact performance. If it were a higher level connection, I might not worry about it.
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Absolutely agree with Mr. Williams. Adding another connector, and especially an old cruddy noise-prone antique is just asking for trouble for no useful purpose. Chop it off and sent it to a museum where it belongs.
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Good points...maybe i will chop it off. Maybe do a new cable. I've never opened a mic up to redo anything so this might be a good learning experience. Any suggestions on how to handle strain relief?

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It looks easy enough to open up. Just duplicate whatever strain-relief is already there.
There are good photos and manual pages here: RCA Type BK-5A and BK-5B
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