After watching your how to make XLR cables video, I tracked down some Neotech OCC silver solid core cable and some Oyaide XLR connectors. After a couple of hours, I had 2 pair of XLR cables that out-spec cables that mainstream companies sell for thousands, All for under $500. And they sound great!!!! Thanks for the heads-up and thanks for a great channel.

I’m glad you included the home-made solution, which is my first choice, but I couldn’t do it for the price of the Krystal Kabyle solution. (I used Mogami 4 conductor cable & Nuetrix gold-plated connectors.)

Mogami 2534 is one of my favourite professional/studio cable having a highly natural and balance sound. And It is very flexible and super cheap to DIY.

I'll look into your suggestions. I bought some Mogami Gold XLR's. No complaints from me👍

I bought once those white/green neo oyaide cables from Amazon. I remember you made a video about that manufacturer. Very happy with them :-). I specially like the bend radius you can use after the connector, helps when your amp is kinda close to the wall in your shelf. But its difficult to get this xlr cables nowadays.

The reason a dollar is called a "Buck" is that somewhere in our history the hide of a deer would sell for $1. A male deer is a buck so... Also Ohio is called the "buckeye state" Because the nut or fruit of a tree looks like the eye of a deer. Hence Buckeye.

Good review on XLRs. I use SKW cables and SKW power cables throughout my system. Quality cables do make a difference, but the benefit tappers off fast. OCC is the wary to go.

Very well informative overview, thanks ... two weeks ago I bought my XLR Cable (Amazon Basics) and I'm pretty happy with it! :)

I tested occ on Ricable Invictus and for us who want absolutely max sonics occ with superb insulation of 8 cylinders coud be improved for the best with occ siver and I believe carbon shielding. Also I tested Kimber XLR KCAG ( 3 wires pure silver) has only ptfe Teflon sounds excellent but not absolute. The question is how to incorporate the best from insulation the best conductor to best terminal ends. I believe that that could be achieved with Neotech rectangular pure silver wire plus kimber single TC copper wire on ground side end all 3 wires wrapped with Teflon tape. This DIY cable should be burned at least 400 hours to achieve full potential. On terminal ends connectors I would choose silver XLR with carbon shielding.

Always enjoy ur videos, thank you. Audience cables are my choice. Especially the “Front Row” usb. Fantastic. XLR and power cords are the SE line but still very smooth. Of course all were purchased “USED” - very costly but I just did not want anymore second guessing! I’ve been through many ( the local Chinese guy -lol, QED, Cardas, Audio Quest, Kimber …….. i’ve been with this set up for two years now and I haven’t had any “narcissistic urges”. LOL. Thx again.

I have to say that your videos are really awesome, I watched the one about SKW cables, and I bought through Amazon Canada, one RCA for the connection between the Brayton phono preamp to my Musical Fidelity M6Si and it improving the sonic, keep in consideration that I was using Nordost Cable, same I bought another one for my B&W Subwoofer, and the same, excellent sounds. Thank you very much for your very professional videos, I really like those ones, I am dreaming with the Pass Labs Amp and Preamp. I will be visiting Italy in August, I am not sure if will pass by Tuscany, but if so, I will send a note, maybe we can have a coffee.

I use Mogami for my cable.

In Canada, I like Take Five Audio that sells or makes custom cables for a very reasonable price.

You should try the LessLoss lentz cable. It employs the idea of a bucking coil at each intersection which cancels out the electromagnetic field and helps eliminate EMF reception (so your cable doesn’t act like an antennae) and it does this fractally, where by it has a cable within a cable. (Hard to explain how this works and why this is beneficial in a youtube post)

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I have a pair of Neutrik NC3MXX-B and NC3FXX-B XLR connectors with Van Damme Starquad XKE cable. ultra-pure oxygen-free copper wire. The pair of these can be purchased for around £40. No bags or pouches. lol I could not detect any difference compared to 'audiophile' RCA cables that cost me £260 The connection is between a DAC and active speakers.

You won't hear much difference from a 3 foot RCA and 3 Foot Balanced - if any. It's when you want to use a long cable that's where XLR excels.. cancels out any interference picked up by the 'antenna' every cable essentially becomes when a certain length. XLR are must haves in the DJ industry for instance.

What about Vovox cables? Have you tested some? Great vid btw!

First of all I greet you from Algeria and I take my hat off to you for your way of explaining things which is logical and professional. I would so much like you to give me your opinion on this brand that I have come across on sales sites it is called Mogami CorePlus Microphone Cable Thank you very much, I'll give you a thumbs up

Oh boy do they ever make a big difference in the sound quality. I just replaced some very high-quality RCA cables with Synergistic Research Foundation XLR’s that Jonathan Valin of the Absolute Sound gave great reviews to. I am staggered by every aspect of the music played through these cables now. He compared them to the same companies cables costing 27 times the price and said they gave up little in most aspects of the music reproduction. IMHO, he was absolutely right. My total cost for three sets of interconnects was close to $1800. I’m going to sell all my RCA cables online if I can’t find anyone locally who wants to purchase them. That will help defray much of the cost.

Always good videos to learn from.Thanks!! Where you actually able to hear the difference between those 3 cables you introduced in a blind testing?

Cool but, do they actually measurably perform different?

🤷‍♂️ I’m listening, but I don’t have any equipment with XLR connections 😊😍😍😍

Gotham Cables' Ultra Pro Starquad Conductor shielded sounds promising. It has overkill shielding for Pro use while it uses their own version of OCC copper for audiophile use. Best of Both Worlds it seems.

At Adam Hall they offer a "5 Star" range, featuring a "5 STAR MMF" XLR cable which is about double the price of the "4 STAR MMF KRYSTAL" in this review. But it's not OCC made so I think it's all about durability (e/g resistance against tensile force or rubber abrasion) where the money goes into. - So not an upgrade in audiophile terms. Would you agree?

Thanks for the hint, unfortunately Adam hall for their Krystal series uses Neutrik Yongsheng connectors, so Chinese manufacturer. 5 star series they use real Neutrik NC3FXX and NC3MXX but no information on cable properties.

Great video thank you for the tip. Excuse my noob question but is the Adam hall balanced cable?

Ah, if only you could audition my patented signature cables... You would be blown away! I use a diffetent technology than any manufacturer.

Huge thanks for your information ! Please tell me which cable is perfect for 75 ohm coax connection???

Thank you for this.... So, the Arcadia interconnects and the SKW speaker cables based on a previous video?

Thanks for video. What is your opinion about Inakustik XLR cables?

You previously recommended SKW OCC Speaker Cable. What do you think about their XLR OCC cables?

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Have you done an A and B test with much cheaper cables or maybe scope them in a test?

For those who may know, Lets say, you have two preamps with XLR outs and one power amp. You want to go from one preamp to the other. Pull the XLR's out of the amp and put in the other pair from the other preamp. Do you need to shut down the power amp before you do that, or can it stay on?

Hello, the Adam hall 4 Star Crystal cable is not really OCC. In the document that I found on the web, they write « Composition of conductor : 28x0,10mm, barre cooper, OFC.

The Adam Hall brand doesn't even seem to be available online. Also, you can't purchase from the website and not available in Canada.

wait a minute, wdym Isolation? can noise go through the rubber ?

I get that Italians drink a lot of coffee - and why not - but based on that intro I'd give decaf a whirl ;)

My Nordost Red Dawn is perhaps not the best for the money but if you have the possibility to use them they're great. The big fault with Nordost is their prices. Even their cheapest cable is expensive.

It looks like the Arcadia ic’s can only be ordered in 1.5m length. Weird

What abour Roland RMC-G15? :)

Hi there, very informative video! 😊 How did you purchase the Adam Hall Cables 4 STAR MMF 0150 KRYSTAL? I clicked on your link, but it says "This online shop is exclusively for the B2B sector." First order has to be a minimum of £500. I am not a retailer, I just want a pair for my studio my friend.

Have you tried XLR cables from clutch?

need help, looking for a 3.5mm to dual XLR 6ft cable OCC Copper. I cannot find this anywhere am located in the USA, but will buy internationally if need be. Thanks and look forward to your response.

How do they sound?

Great video again! I’ve watched all your videos and understand why you recommend OCC copper but my question is, why does a company like Tara Labs win awards every year for their cables even though they don’t use OCC copper?

Is the braided shield on the Adam Halls aluminum or copper?

hey good video... did you try the vertere?

My friend, I don't have the time to make one. Could you sell me one of yours?

For me it's VOVOX cables

I've asked elsewhere on other creator's videos on this subject, and would like input from anyone who knows anything about studio and other audio cables... I have a "PicoStream" receiver and 2 "PicmMic 2" mic's, and I have a "behringer x32 compact" mixer, that I use at my church, which only has 3.5 studio "aux" jacks available, as everything else XLR and otherwise is hooked up to a remote mixer box or somesuch thing that is inconvenient to use among other things, and was looking to have a cable or two around to have with the wireless microphone setup, just in case I want to loan my setup to the church for a kids play at Christmas or something, if they wanted to do something requiring more wireless mic's than they currently own... So I guess my question is this, anyone know any good TRS/TRRS 3.5 stereo to 6.5 studio L/R MONO plugs(or overall cable brands) that are inexpensive (preferably able to buy on Amazon with my Amazon credit)??? Just something to split a single stereo connection to a mono(separate channel) Left and Right connectors, for running each of the 2 microphones on it's own mixer channel, which IS a feature supported by my microphones and the receiver, is what I'm looking for, and I'm not even sure what term exactly, I'm supposed to be looking up... Also, is there some kind of reference guide or something out there that can tell me what the plug terms are and give me descriptions of their use cases??? That would be a godsend to me, actually... (Edited to add correct plug sizes, as I originally put 2.5 to 3.5 studio, when I meant 3.5(headphone) to 6.5 studio... DOH!!!)

Am I the only one who watches with 1.5 speed?😁😁😁

I use Pig Hog Cables

I’ve been using monster cables. Should I be embarrassed

The best XLR cables are soldered by yourself. Get Neutrik NC3FXX-B and NC3MXX-B connectors, those are the industry standard used in nearly any recording studio. Use some cable that comes with a proper spec sheet provided, like Belden or Mogami - skip the marketing stories. Just regular OFC copper is useful because it prevents oxidation of the copper, but skip all the additional nonsense like PSC/PSS and OCC. Instead, look up the type of shielding used and its amount of noise rejection, which is stated on any proper spec sheet.

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Again it’s not a review. Just someone reading the ingredients from a cake 🍰 You can’t judge a cable from what it’s made of. Same goes from cakes.

Sorry, but your video doesn’t provide any actual sonic testing, signal modifications over distance measurements etc. etc.