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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: Chapper on August 19, 2003, 03:36:12 PM

Title: Neumann LC3 cables..can they be shortened?
Post by: Chapper on August 19, 2003, 03:36:12 PM

Would be nice to get these cut down to 3-4 feet.  Is there anyone who can do this.  Apparently Neumann won't do it unless they are under warranty.  Buying new ones really isn't an option.  

Title: Re:Neumann LC3 cables..can they be shortened?
Post by: JAH on August 21, 2003, 12:12:06 PM

The cables are so thin it would make a big bump if you spliced them....  just take up the slack and tie it off at the body end.  then it is available when need be..
jah

Title: Re:Neumann LC3 cables..can they be shortened?
Post by: Chapper on August 21, 2003, 03:59:57 PM

Thanks for the info...that is what I've been doing, but it's taking up more ball space than I care for it to.....hehe. :yikes:

Title: Re:Neumann LC3 cables..can they be shortened?
Post by: Lee on August 22, 2003, 04:31:59 PM

does the connector at the mic body end dissasemble?  If it does, you could take it apart, cut to length, and resolder the ends of the cable to the connector.  I thought about doing this with my 4022's when I had them, but they terminate in a standard XLR with a little circuit board.

Title: Re:Neumann LC3 cables..can they be shortened?
Post by: hippies on August 25, 2003, 10:26:24 PM

this IS a doable thing, but i'd havta advise against it at all costs.  

any variation/ splice in the wires of a low resistence/ high voltage system like this is asking for trouble.  resistance is a main factor, and any cut/ splice will alter the flow enough to render high quality cables like Neumann LC3s ineffective at best.

you really answered your own question when you said Neumann wouldn't touch it...  ;)

peace

~S