Members CHIP ROBERTS Posted July 20, 2006 Members Share Posted July 20, 2006 I need three 50' mic cables with male ends. I don't know how to make them myself , I just want to know where I can order them. I've been using some "turnarounds" on the ends that go into the stage box of my snake , but I hate that. So if anyone knows where I can get these , please let a brutha know... Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glyder Posted July 20, 2006 Members Share Posted July 20, 2006 For all your cabling needs. If he aint got em he'll throw you together some. http://www.audiopile.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 I suggest staying with turnarounds... that way your XLR cableing stays standard and you just turn around right where you need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 I don't know how to make them myself This is an excellent time to learn then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 I learned* how and I'm a singer! *I also learned NOT to lay the soldering iron on top of the power cord it's plugged into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Never_Grew_Up Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 Why would you need male on both ends unless you have matching female-only cables for the other end of the snake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashivraj Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 Originally posted by agedhorse I suggest staying with turnarounds... that way your XLR cableing stays standard and you just turn around right where you need to. +1, a 50' mic cable (of the ordinary garden variety) and a 3"? 6"? 1'? male-male gender bender (of the ordinary garden variety) are both standard stock at any cable dealer (including Mark), and will give you more flexibility in the long run. AS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihateyouguys Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 http://www.redco.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=126&cat=Build+Your+Own+Custom+Cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IsildursBane Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 Originally posted by Never_Grew_Up Why would you need male on both ends unless you have matching female-only cables for the other end of the snake? The fan-out could have 1/4" -Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members padudeohio Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 Originally posted by Never_Grew_Up Why would you need male on both ends unless you have matching female-only cables for the other end of the snake? Or, if you are using a send on a stage box as an extra return. I do however agree with aged that the turnarounds are a better option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Originally posted by padudeohio I do however agree with aged that the turnarounds are a better option. FWIW: I'm of the opinion that if you're gonna use turn-arounds in a routine sort of way (like all the time), I prefer short corded (like 1 or 2ft.) turn-arounds over barrel adaptor style, since the short corded type can put less strain on panel jacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CHIP ROBERTS Posted July 21, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 Originally posted by Audiopile FWIW: I'm of the opinion that if you're gonna use turn-arounds in a routine sort of way (like all the time), I prefer short corded (like 1 or 2ft.) turn-arounds over barrel adaptor style, since the short corded type can put less strain on panel jacks. Here's what I'm doing. I come out of the back of my DRPA (hi left , hi right , and left/mono sub) into the fan-out end of my snake. From there I come out of my stage box (3 cables mic cables loomed together) and into my amp rack. I hate using the turnarounds because they stick up to high. They stick up just high enough that people come too close to kicking them when they step over them. I don't have any sub-snakes right now , so the stage box CANNOT be close to the amp rack or put out of harms way. The turnarounds seem to put too much strain on the panel jacks (like you commented on) , and the turnarounds even look as if they're bending a bit. If I have 3 mic cables with male ends , this will go away. I'm ONLY going to use them for this reason so I don't need for anything to be flexable or anything. Thanks to all of you for your help and comments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NMR Posted July 21, 2006 Members Share Posted July 21, 2006 Originally posted by CHIP ROBERTS I'm ONLY going to use them for this reason so I don't need for anything to be flexable or anything. Unless one of the cables fail and then you would be stuck unless you had some turnarounds (be they barrel or short cables and then you can use normal mic cables to get through the night). Just a little thought. NMR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Originally posted by CHIP ROBERTS Here's what I'm doing. The turnarounds seem to put too much strain on the panel jacks (like you commented on) , and the turnarounds even look as if they're bending a bit. If I have 3 mic cables with male ends , this will go away. I'm ONLY going to use them for this reason so I don't need for anything to be flexable or anything. "My" suggestion: Don't adulterate your mic cables. Leave them as they are. Just order, or make-up, some double male shorties... leave them on your existing cables if you like. This way your XLR cables will still be viable XLR cables, and you'll have a few gender bender cables... which will also be viable additions to your audiopile for decades to come. The double male shorties have a lot of uses. I'm currently using two in my "band in a van system"... in my monitor power rack. I have a couple of cheapie amps which I run parallel stereo... these amps are not equipped with parallel stereo mono switches... I go into the amps with TRS and jump the innie XLR's with double male XLR shorties to parallel the two channels. Of-course, I can pop the double male XLR shorties out and patch straight stereo if need be. The double male XLR shorties I'm using for this I got from Tom Mathews of RTM Audio about 10 years ago. I suspect Tom made them sometime in the mid '70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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