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Re: cable for long xlr microphone cables

Subject: Re: cable for long xlr microphone cables
From: "jtudor2005" jtudor2005
Date: Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:53 pm ((PDT))
> PS. My cable drums are garden hose drums which are light and cheap
>> and
> > I screwed in clips for the XLR's. They easily take 300 metres of the
> > foil screened cable. I use coloured heatshrink to identfy plugs.
> >
> > David

David

Foil cable should really only be used for fixed installations. Rolling and =
unrolloing it will damage the foil shileding. Braided is the prefered shiel=
ding to use for field work.

John







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