Thanks everybody, I want to do some taping of friends that have a BG band. They play an accoustic gig (no amplification) every week. The best setup would be to have my mics over in front of them, but run cables to a table on the side. I used to run into this problem years ago too (just getting back into it) I do have some 20 footers, but they are low grade cables I used to use for amplification in a P.A. and the darn things seem to like to get tangled. Maybe the cables with a better coil memory would help?
Perhaps I should stick with the old cables for the BG band and get better ones for other things. I'll look into the cables suggested.
Budget? How about under $250 for a pair. Cables join the mess in the box and are not visable to my wife. (just try to sneak the purchase of a new guitar!) I did go look at the cable prices... I should have known you could spend a grand on them!
Thanks again +t all around