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Title: XLR F>F and M>M cable reversers.
Post by: gratefulphish on January 22, 2007, 01:01:15 PM

Anyone have brand preference or ones to avoid to get a set of these?

Title: Re: XLR F>F and M>M cable reversers.
Post by: gratefulphish on January 26, 2007, 12:34:09 AM

Bumpedy doo dah

Title: Re: XLR F>F and M>M cable reversers.
Post by: Jamos on January 26, 2007, 03:56:38 AM

I use both Whirlwind and Switchcraft versions of these all the time. 

markertek has the switchcraft:

http://www.markertek.com/SearchProduct.asp?item=AA321&off=110&sort=prod

and they have the Tec Nec ones that are a bit cheaper.  Never used them, but I'm sure they would be alright.

http://www.markertek.com/SearchProduct.asp?item=XLM%2DXLM&off=142&sort=prod

Title: Re: XLR F>F and M>M cable reversers.
Post by: rokpunk on January 26, 2007, 08:37:34 AM

Whirlwind/Switchcraft...whatever...they are all the same.
I prefer to build my own gay cables (M->M, F->F) because I don't like the strain the barrel connectors put on XLR jacks.

Title: Re: XLR F>F and M>M cable reversers.
Post by: Jamos on January 26, 2007, 06:03:08 PM

Quote from: rokpunk on January 26, 2007, 08:37:34 AM

Whirlwind/Switchcraft...whatever...they are all the same.
I prefer to build my own gay cables (M->M, F->F) because I don't like the strain the barrel connectors put on XLR jacks.

Agreed.

If I don't have a gay cable, I'll usually stick a straight jumper on the end of the barrel so that it doesn't have to stress out the jack.

 ;D

Title: Re: XLR F>F and M>M cable reversers.
Post by: gratefulphish on January 26, 2007, 06:26:26 PM

Strain on which jacks, the cables, or the soundboard jacks?

Title: Re: XLR F>F and M>M cable reversers.
Post by: rokpunk on January 26, 2007, 07:27:19 PM

Quote from: gratefulphish on January 26, 2007, 06:26:26 PM

Strain on which jacks, the cables, or the soundboard jacks?

on the board and on my snakes. what i *really* don't like is sticking a barrel into a snake, because, in my case, the return channels that are used for the mains and the front fills are the ones that need to be turned around. if those get kicked by some drunk musician on stage, there goes the front of house sound. i spray painted some xlr connectors hot pink and made turn around cables with them just for this reason...pink so that i can easily find them in a pile of stage spaghetti.