Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
Hi, thanx for all the feed back while I have been away. So I think I won't buy any audiofool sort of cables. -- jaysung jaysung's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
ErikM;219705 Wrote: > Cables all sound the same, so I'd go with radio shack not totally wrong ...as many cables sound similar ie all copper cables will have a similar character. Its clear from this post that the poster has never heard a difference ..which does not mean there is none ..it just means that "they" have never heard it for whatever reason. This is dead easy to sort out ...just make up a different set and use your ears not opionions of someone who may have a hiden agenda or who has a system with limited resolution or a room that plays old harry with the sound. There is no short cut ...you have to listen and make up your own mind in the context of the system you have. -- zanash Acoustician and builder of interesting cables zanash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
I like the AudioQuest King Cobra. List is $225 for 1m pair XLR. You can get them on Ebay for $75 - $85 brand new! And yes, balanced cables with the Transporter sound remarkably better than regular RCA. HTH ET -- EvilTed EvilTed's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
Cables all sound the same, so I'd go with radio shack -- ErikM ErikM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
I've built several sets of xlr's for various people all with great results you should be able to build a set that will see off all but the most exotic for about $100[£50] you need the following to build a 1m set [any longer just increase the length as appropriate] 2 x male xlr 2x female xlr 2x 1m jacket 8mm od approx 5mm id..I use polyeurathane tube 7m of 0.5mm dia 4n [or better] single core silver wire 7m of 0.7mmid ish ptfe sleeve misc heat shrink silver solder sleeve the silver into the ptfe and cut six lengths of 1.1m, take three cores mark them with tape or pen 1 2 3,and at the other end as well ! Then plaite tightly repeat for the second set. slip the three plaited cores into the outer sleeve slide the xlr bodies onto the sleeve and then solder the xlr plugs onto the appropriately trimed cable ends. The sound of the sets I made out performed the commercial mic cable version by a very wide marginthey were also cheaper ! I'm happy to make you a set if you contact me via pm -- zanash Acoustician and builder of interesting cables zanash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
Balanced I/O is best for very long cable runs. It is unlikely you'd hear any difference between a balanced and an unbalanced run if it is only 1m long. Save your money. Moving your speakers 6" will have a bigger effect on the sound than spending money on expensive/balanced cables. TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
I second opaqueice's & Pat's recommendations. I own a Transporter and had XLR cables made using Belden 1800F cable with Neutrik connectors incl. gold-plated pins. Couldn't be happier and it didn't cost anywhere near that typically charged in the audiofool category. In fact after being offered $700+ Chord interconnects I offered to buy them if the store owner could detect which interconnects I was using on his equipment, but countered that he would have to give them to me if he couldn't. No prizes for guessing he didn't put his money where his mouth was. -- egd Thecus N5200PRO >> Transporter >> ATC SCA2 >> ATC SCM100SLAT egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
Hi Guys, so, you seem to agree. The calculator on the above referred web site says that two cables about 3 foot long will set me back $50 or $60. Which should be less in Euro. If I buy them here. That puts things into perspective a bit. ;)) -- jaysung jaysung's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
Best to see if you can borrow a couple of different cables, and see for your self if you prefer one to another :) -- Deaf Cat Deaf Cat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=515 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
jaysung wrote: > easily spend 270 Euro on balanced cables. I think it a bit odd to spend > as much on two 100cm cables as a SB3 costs. > What do you think and which cables can you recommend and why ? There is no need to spend megaEuros. Standard microphone cables work fine. You should be able to find some about $20 a meter. Which is also about 20 Euro per meter. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/balancedaudio/index.htm -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] XLR-cables ? How much ? Voodoo ?
Hi, I am until now a quite happy new owner of a transporter. My amp is Marantz PM-11S1 having xlr/symmetric inputs. I heard now that one can easily spend 270 Euro on balanced cables. I think it a bit odd to spend as much on two 100cm cables as a SB3 costs. What do you think and which cables can you recommend and why ? The recommendation was Wireworld cables. Anyone heard of them? For understanding: As far as I know XLR-cables are carrying two signals being exactly phase inverted or opposite amplitude. So if a distortion occurs both signals are being manipulated and the difference is being maintained exactly the same. So one needs not really fear signal distortion by any sort of inductive electromagnetics? And that is my microphones are wired over long distances with symmetric cables. Is that right? -- jaysung jaysung's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
