What kind of cables? Yes, seriously

[hello people]

Originally Posted by Mark A. Jay

Sigh...OK, I did not mean to imply that Monster Cable et al (including various esoterics such as California Cables) sound bad. If I implied that they do sound bad, then my apologies. I know that I never said the esoterics sound bad - just that they are basically selling snake oil.

My point was and is simply that Monster et al are grossly over-priced considering that (in my opinion - again, let me repeat that - in my opinion) you get the same performance from a well-shielded twisted pair (i.e. bal / dif) by the likes of Belden et al.

Please do not think that I am 'dissing' your cable selection. I'm simply saying that the esoterics are over-priced, and that putting your money into quality transduecrs (i.e. microphones) or other much-needed gear makes far more sense to me than spending one's money on esoteric cables.

Man I never even read your post before my post. I was just asking a question about California Cable...I had no idea they were esoteric...it's just that the music shop I went to only had those cables!

[theslygoose]

Originally Posted by lagavulin16

I'm going to replace them and I might as well get something decent.

At this point I probably need one good mic cable and one good quarter inch.

Mogami and Canare are probably the best-selling brands in North-America. You've got economy cables that are good to like Radial, BRTB, Redco, etc. A lot of those brands actually have their cable made by mills in the US and Canada which is cool.

Star Quad: Distance runs and any noisy situation including light dimmers, AC, RF, etc.
Mogami: Good studio mic cable, not as flexible as the Canare. Something that could be a bit more static.

XLR: Neutrik is the best with nickel being their standard. Try to keep the same metal on metal (gold on gold).

[medearis]

100% handmade about 90% of the time!

[levyproject]

CANARE CANARE CANARE !!! PERIOD! U DONT NEED BETTER THAN THAT!! BETTER THAN MONSTER (SHIT), BETTER THAN MOGAMI(Good)...CANARE QUAD!!! WE DAD BEEESSSSTTTTT!!! as KHALED WOULD SAY..HAHA

[didier.brest]

Audio test of 10m length low cost microphone cable aginst 5m length Vovox by means of an active mic splitter.

I don't care much about the audio quality of a mic cable. It's durability is more important to me.