uhmm Cables?
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Posted on Apr 06, 2005 09:13 pm
Renegade
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Member Since: Nov 28, 2004
Hey,I did a search but couldn't find what im lookin for.Now I remember back when I first signed up there was a post about the importance of quality cables and it mentioned some brands.Anywhoo I can't find it so I was hoping some of you guys could give me a run down of the companies known for making the best quality cables...regardless of price.
thanx in advance
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Apr 06, 2005 11:23 pm Well, it seems alot of peeps are really getting into the Mogami thing. I personally wotn spend that much money. I either make my own of use Hosa. The Hosa snakes work out just fine, and the rest of the odds and ends as well. For patch bay cables I use what was called a Mackie Pak. I dont hink you can get those anymore though.
What type of cables are you needing anyway?
WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Apr 07, 2005 12:10 pm Stach ranked of the ones I know:
Mogami
Monster
LiveWire
Hosa
The rest of the story
Apr 07, 2005 12:12 pm I prefer DYI.
Apr 07, 2005 12:16 pm mmm just cables in general.Im getting my monitors monday,then I will be purchasing my mixer then my interface and I was just doing some research on cables cause I'll be needing them to hook my mixer to my sound card and my monitors to my mixer so I'll be needing four balanced right?
(Im in no position to be making my own,lol)
Apr 07, 2005 12:16 pm i think it comes down to the gear you're using with those cables....if you have an Neumann mic gooin' into a Neve channel strip to Apogee converters...yeah you'll need awsome cables....but if you plug a 57 into an mbox...it's really not worth the extra $$
Apr 07, 2005 12:18 pm I dunno if I agree. Really it's always down to the lowest common denominator. Ever a great cable on an SM57 will help that SM57 sound it's best...
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Apr 07, 2005 12:18 pm I think that Canare is up there too.
Actually I'll use just about anything that's not obviously cheap. I almost bought a store-brand cable from MF.com last week, but the reviews of them were pretty bad. I opted for a Horizon cable instead and it seems like a pretty good balance between price and quality.
I wish I knew what brand my main guitar cable is. I've been using it for about 15 years and it's still kicking! It even outlived the Fender amp that it came with.
Apr 07, 2005 12:21 pm true
Apr 07, 2005 12:23 pm sorry I'll be hooking up a RME Multiface,1402 VLZ pro,and Alesis Prolinear DSP 820's
Apr 07, 2005 12:27 pm ahhh I whent to the Mogami site and and why's there so many cables!!!! ha ha seriously I just want cables I don't want to know how they work but that means Im not sure which ones I need...there's to many configs.help?
zekthedeadcowEat Spam before it eats YOU!!!Member
Since: May 11, 2002
Apr 07, 2005 03:33 pm I am at the point of saying that a cable is a cable. I have some ProCo RatCo Monster and "generic" cables and they are all basically the same... except for the monster cable (a firewire)... which lasted 3 hours before it broke from light use.
Apr 07, 2005 09:52 pm sorry so what kind of cables am I looking for they all seem to have different connections tho they all say the balanced I thought they were all the same...
WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Apr 08, 2005 01:18 pm Renagade,
I really think you may have to get a little involved in at least the connecters, the difference between balanced and un-balanced, and the type of cable needed. DMX cables for light control look just like a standard mic cable, and do not work well for mics. Many speaker cables have 1/4" plugs on both ends and are definately not instrument or line level cables.
