Cables

Posted on May 31, 2003 07:59 pm
Murphy
An outburst for perfection
Member Since: Dec 11, 2002

What are the best? 1/4 and XLR

I want something strong without crackles or buzz

Does cheap mean nasty?

jues
Contributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002

May 31, 2003 08:04 pm

as a general rule (unless you have some wierd wiring going on) XLR are of a higher quality because they will always be balanced (the signal is carried twice to avoid hum / phasing issues being incurred). 1/4" cables can be balanced as well (the TRS variety) - but mostly they aren't - that's fine for short distances, but above 10ft, things start to get a bit hissy, etc.

And I'm afraid that cheap does nearly always mean nasty...

jues.

Murphy
An outburst for perfection
Member
Since: Dec 11, 2002

May 31, 2003 08:16 pm

I need both types.

You're from the UK jues, yeah?

do you ever look on digital village?
They're all cheap on there.