Couldn't you just buy caps and the actives and not buy the xlr portion...then mod the cables to terminate in xlr? Hmm..
In theory - yes.
The remote cables are, in fact, stereo and (no doubt) a Y-cable will be coming shortly, as well as a 5-pin XLR end to put two heads down the same cable (for a compact ORTF rig, for example).
The AES42 module will come in 2008 and that is also stereo.
I wonder if both ends of the cables are the same? Then you could buy 2 caps and 1 cable. Cut that baby in half and wire em to xlr. That would be way to easy though.
No, the screw connectors on the remote cable are different - male one end and female the other - one end mirrors the female thread of the capsule and the other mirroes the male thread of the XLR module.