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Title: mic cable ?'s
Post by: caymanreview on November 30, 2003, 05:35:05 PM

so... i find my gear getting better and better. but im using the same old cables.... homebrew with canare/neutrik parts

what is the difference in between say a 50$ pair of these homebrew cables and a set of expensive audio magic cables that cost 4x the price

is it worth the money?

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: DaryanLenz on November 30, 2003, 05:38:16 PM

Hell NO!!!!  If you can hear a difference, can I borrow your ears ;)

D

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: caymanreview on November 30, 2003, 05:44:23 PM

why do people spend 3-400$ on cables then? just because they are that anal about shit?

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: super-phat-al on November 30, 2003, 06:00:19 PM

Quote from: caymanreview on November 30, 2003, 05:35:05 PM

so... i find my gear getting better and better. but im using the same old cables.... homebrew with canare/neutrik parts

what is the difference in between say a 50$ pair of these homebrew cables and a set of expensive audio magic cables that cost 4x the price

is it worth the money?

ive often wondered about that too cayman.  I use $40 pair 15' whirlwind cables.  I dont have any problems with em.

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: Kindguy on November 30, 2003, 06:31:50 PM

I have a pair of canare/neutrik cables & I also have some 15 ft Zaolla Silvers. If you've ever held a pair of the Zaolla's you would know right away they are way nicer than the canare/neutrik all the way around.

Can I hear the difference? I'm not sure. But you can feel & see the difference in the quality. I picked mine up for around 100 bucks.

http://www.zaolla.com/zaolla_microphone.html

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: caymanreview on November 30, 2003, 06:41:02 PM

where did you get em for 100 bucks? used?

looks like 156$ for one 15 footer on that website

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: Kindguy on November 30, 2003, 06:44:47 PM

Yep used. But oade will beat those prices by a lot.

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: caymanreview on November 30, 2003, 06:46:13 PM

hmmm. but im a right angle kinda guy....

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: John R on November 30, 2003, 06:50:06 PM

i ran a search of "the importance of high end microphone cables" and this is what i found:

http://www.soundstage.com/wrk_bfpk.htm
http://www.stealthaudiocables.com/reviews/jimmerod.html

kind of advertisement write-ups

jr

Title: Re:mic cable ?'s
Post by: Lee on December 01, 2003, 03:22:29 AM

I wouldn't expect ground-breaking changes, but if you've got the money to throw around.

I'd bet if you re-branded some starquad and put it in some of these guys' testing suites it'd be a purely psychological response.  Tell 'em it's $50 a foot, they'll love it, tell 'em it's $0.50 a foot, they'll hate it.