Which xlr?

[gasolin]

Trying to figure out what the last cable i am gonna get is, i have made another topic in accessories but havn't gotten any reply's so i taking a chance an ask for help here

I am trying to upgrade my cables and have ordered me a usb cable, this one https://www.nuforce.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=327:impulse-usb&Itemid=1174

For mains it could be this 2x1.5 meter for 89£ with shipping (for 2 set for my active speakers)

But i need help for the last thing , a 2x1 meter xlr (femal,male) for max 40£ with or without delivery that has the same SQ as the other cables

I don't won't to argue if cables is making any difference in SQ, just want to get an advice what to get, so i get the best xlr cable for the price.

(can always get my money back if i am not satisfied)

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Hi gasolin

Not wanting to argue with you but also contact your local Pro Audio store or RF Potts http://www.rfpotts.com/en/

Fwiw, i use XLR cables from Potts with ATC's C6 subwoofer and SCM100ASL Professional monitors as these cables are more than good enough and also cost little money.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[EvPa]

Honestly, and like I said in the other thread, any of these will be more than enough:

http://www.thomann.de/dk/pro_snake_tpm_10_02.htm

http://www.thomann.de/dk/cordial_ccm_1_fm.htm

http://www.thomann.de/dk/cordial_cfm_10_fm_sw.htm

http://www.thomann.de/dk/cordial_cpm_10_fm_sw.htm

Or for something extremely fancy:

http://www.thomann.de/dk/vovox_protect_s100_xlrxlr.htm

(I use Cordial CPMs with my ADAM Audio speakers)

 

[John Duncan]

The point about balanced XLR is that they reject noise by design, which normal RCA cables do not, so you can spend much less for a quality cable. See EvPa's Thomann links above (but not the 64 euro one, that's unnecessary).

 

[gasolin]

Just want to try some xlr (upgrade, not just buy another cheap xlr cable that i have) that's a bit more hifi,as i wrote i don't want to spend alot on those cables, therefor only 40£, as with my mains and usb cable i want to upgrade them and want the best of the cheap high perfomance xlr cables (like with the mains i gonna order fra cleareraudio).

like to read reviews and comments from people who use these hifi cable,accessories to hear what they say about this cable,speakers or something else before i buy it,i just haven't found something interesting for about 40£, price is either a few £ or something like 60£ and up.

The mains i gonna be is these http://www.whathifi.com/review/clearer-audio-copper-line-alpha-one-mains (89£ for 2 set with delivery) i think that's the cheapest and best high performance mains i can find if i want to upgrade my mains, that's what i also are loooking for in a xlr cable (the cheapest and best high performance xlr cable)

I can always get my money back if i want to, just don't want to spend more then 130-145£ on the 3 cables to see,hera if it makes any difference upgrading cables

 

[Brentford Bob]

This lot made my interconnects and speaker cables. Very happy with them.....

www.kablonline.co.uk

 

[EvPa]

The ones that I have listed are all of very good quality.

If you are intent on spending more money, you could take a look at these:

http://www.thomann.de/dk/sommer_cable_galileo_238_10.htm

http://www.thomann.de/dk/sommer_cable_carbokab_10_meter_sw_3.htm

Basically, most professional *cables* will work very well with active speakers as you are only looking at a line-level signal, not something amplified.

Just make sure that the connectors are of good quality; Neutrik (made in Liechtenstein or Switzerland) and its subsidiaries REAN and Yongsheng (both made in China) make great stuff.

Also important is for those connectors to be soldered properly.

In most cases, the connectors and finish quality will be where the cost difference comes from.

 

[gasolin]

Just want to try something else then what i have, feel that if i gonna upgrade my xlr cable it's either very cheap (then i might as well keep what i have) or 60£,70€ which would be okay if i have expensive speakers but i don't and atm i don't want to spendt more then 40£

How come theres only cheap(less then 20£),expensiv (about 80-300£) and way to expensive xlr's

What does the pros using, like in recording studios and with the big models from krk's,genelec,adam,dynaudio's?

Know many say as long as it is well made it would be good, even for expensive speakers, just don't want my xlr cable to be the weakest link

 

[gasolin]

Any one with experience with this cable?

http://www.jenving.com/products/view/dac-xlr-digital-blue-pc-1m-1001900107

 

[spiny norman]

Any one with experience with this cable?

http://www.jenving.com/products/view/dac-xlr-digital-blue-pc-1m-1001900107

Clue's in the name: that's a digital cable for use between a digital source and a DAC, not the analogue cable you seek.

 

[EvPa]

Clue's in the name: that's a digital cable for use between a digital source and a DAC, not the analogue cable you seek.

Well, to be honest you can perfectly use AES/EBU 110Ω cables in place of analogue microphone ones (though there is no particular advantage).

However you should not use an analogue cable instead of an AES/EBU; it will work but you will have a few clocking issues (i.e. jitter).

 

[spiny norman]

Well, to be honest you can perfectly use AES/EBU 110Ω cables in place of analogue microphone ones (though there is no particular advantage).

True, but there seems little point in spending that much on a cable designed for digital source -> DAC when there are much less expensive XLR cables available able to do the job just as well, as others have already pointed out. A pair of those Supras is going to cost £100 or so.

 

[EvPa]

True, but there seems little point in spending that much on a cable designed for digital source -> DAC when there are much less expensive XLR cables available able to do the job just as well, as others have already pointed out. A pair of those Supras is going to cost £100 or so.

Yikes, I had no idea regarding their price, my AES/EBU cables are much cheaper.

One advantage of getting AES/EBU cables for everything in professional studios is that you don't have to worry about cable types as you would be able to use those AES/EBU ones for any purpose, this does not apply to most home stuff (and as you say, microphone cables are cheaper).

 

[gasolin]

Well, to be honest you can perfectly use AES/EBU 110Ω cables in place of analogue microphone ones (though there is no particular advantage).

True, but there seems little point in spending that much on a cable designed for digital source -> DAC when there are much less expensive XLR cables available able to do the job just as well, as others have already pointed out. A pair of those Supras is going to cost £100 or so.

no no they are the cheap ones, they cost less then 50£,60$ for atpair

 

[spiny norman]

no no they are the cheap ones, they cost less then 50£,60$ for atpair

I can only see that cable listed at £52, and available from around £45, for 1m. But that's each, not for a pair.

 

[gasolin]

no no they are the cheap ones, they cost less then 50£,60$ for atpair

I can only see that cable listed at £52, and available from around £45, for 1m. But that's each, not for a pair.

Oh, i don't know if its a 1x1meter stereo cable,a digital optical is only one cable, if it's that the price is 2 x :doh: