I replaced all my Monoprice cables with these. They are fantastic and very well built. Highly recommend

I like building all my own cables as well. Thanks for the info

World’s Best Cables are awesome! B&H has Canare with Neutrik connectors for a good price, too.

You look positively miniature behind those boxes and at that angle. 😂

"I highly recommend them but I haven't used them yet." LOL. I was dying when that came out of your mouth.

Thank you for this. As an audio engineer I have been fighting with "audiophiles" for decades once all these ridiculously priced interconnect cables came out. Canare StarQuad has been the industry standard, and used in most high level studios, for decades. They are the best cables out there for balanced lines. The Mogami brand is also common. Nobody needs anything else, or more expensive, than Canare StarQuad, which is about 90% of all recordings were made on. "Snake oil" is the best description of cables sold as audiophiles grade. "Audiophile grade" only means overpriced, and most times not as good. The audiophile cable industry is abhorrently exploitive and lies about what its cables can do most times and has been deceiving the public for decades. No need to buy anything else than what you recommend here, there is nothing better. Understand, I am what would be called an audiophile since I have a very hi-end system; however, I buy what I know as an engineer and as an industry insider that is the best quality.

I have an emotiva xmc-1 and emotiva xpa gen3 7 channel amp. They both have xlr connections so I bought 7 canare xlr cables and 1 mogami 10 foot cable for my svs pb4000 sub. By the way I have a seven channel svs ultra set up (towers, center and ultra surrounds). I hooked the cables up and noticed the detail, wider sound stage and more heft to the overall sound. Not mention 3 or 4 db less volume needed on my processor to achieve the so noise level. My processor is fully differential so the extra volts coming through the xlr cables give me double (3db) the volts than rca cables and more than likely the same for other receivers and processors that only use xlr cables. If your xlr components are not fully differential you might not notice the difference between rca or xlr cables at all.

Well if you want to compare between balanced and unbalanced performance...I spy a sweet little Marantz preamp box behind you ;)

Since balanced is the industry standard, what's best for the pros is good for me..company cant funge numbers on pro audio equipmentment. Nice video bro.keep up the good work.

I have a pair of RCA interconnect from World's Best Cables. At first I was a little suspicious, but I saw when they came they were legit, they're awesome and so cheap! I love my Kimber but I'll never get those again with their prices.

One thing I agree on is that XLR cables work amazing for long runs in excess of 10'. RCA cables work great for short runs(SVS RCA cables are awesome). Please share your comment about this. Thanks for your reviews on Home Theatre.

Excellent video! I use XLR wherever I can. I bought the Monoprice cables. They are nicely made and havent had a minutes problem out of any of them. Dude, thats some very nice equipment you have.

I use custom length Belden Ten White, Belden 1694A, and Belden LC-1 cables, with ultrasonically welded Canare connectors, from Blue Jeans Cable. 👍

Pro brands ... the best choice for audio cables. not expensive but good build quality and well designed.

I always loved how you can say "it's that home theater dude" so fast! 😄 Thanx for the video bro 👍

can't find your videos about cables comparaison...mogami vs worlds best cable etc

I only use Canare L-4E6S XLRs myself. No need to ever spend more on quality cables.

Using Canare.. STAR Quads for studio.. amazing quality for the price

When possible try compare ballanced vs unbalanced, some people say of in short distance dont matter XLR or RCA.

I was kind of hoping that you will use it to connect to your audio equipment and have a quick test by recording ur voice... the only way to know if it's genuine Neutrik connector is to see how easy for the cable to connect and disconnect...

Excellent and informative video. Thanks HTD!

My first exposure with these connectors was when I was a musician in the 70s mostly on PA amps n cabs Nice to see them used on HiFi systems Thanks Bro 👍🏻

Too many so called reviewers don't heed the warning to burn it for 175 hours (directional Mogami wire). That's all I use, and they have always given me excellent performance. However, during the burn it period they are average sounding, therefore the average rating. I'm glad you understand what professional means. Since most studios use Mogami to wire it, you listen to it whether you know it.

Let's get it all hooked up, I'm looking forward to how it sounds. 👍

Although the science is sound with XLRs I've never had an issue with noise floor with RCAs.

I suggest you re-watch all of your videos (which I love btw) and count the number of times you say the word "ACTUAL." Just a tip!

Have you ever gotten a loud popping or cracking noise through your whole system lost all sound but yet everything still working? Then had to stop it restart it all to get sound back?

Did you ever review how the cables performed? Are they still working?

I have been using WBC for a while and I really rate them. BUT what about the plugs? Seriously, the plugs make the connections. I have, over a few years, come down in favour of KLEI plugs. You can look up Keith Eichmman and his bullet plug and what he had done since. Also being in Australia I have had exposure to his products. There it is, love the cables and the plugs are available from WBC.

If you are going to explain the difference between the 2 types ..1: slow down, 2: EXPLAIN.

Great work on the video man! Very helpful, and useful info. Great XLR explanation.

If avr out is rca and amp side is xlr is this still an improvement?

To hook up my CD player which has balanced out to my integrated amp, should I be using a AES/EBU cable or does it matter?

What XLR to RCA adapter would/do you use for an LFE connection on the back of a Subwoofer plate? Most don't have XLR on the back unless you have the SVS 4000 or higher series.

You and the Youthman are talking about the same thing this week? Interesting video but for the rookies and the people new to this. Keep up the good work!

there is one question I wanted to know did you ever ask emotiva why dont they have auro 3d and the receiver that would be a major game-changer added that don't you agree anyways I guess one of your upcoming video you will be describing the difference between it can't wait to see that video also it's good that you're explaining XLR cables 👍

i got monoprice xlr they good for the price

Iv tried bad cables and better ones also. The only thing that matters to me is to balance your components. What I mean if you have a high end system you might just go for better quality cables in my opinion but not thousands of dollars cables , I think that is as you said "snake oil"

THTD: What do you think the difference between these canere cables and lets say GLS and Audioquest mackenzie XLR' cables. I've tried cable matters, monoprice and now on GLS. I was told that Audioquest is best for HT equipment and all others are more for pro mic studio type setups. Your Thoughts. PM

Hope they are good... I just bought 11 Canare sets for my 11.2 system...

I've taken your advice and purchased these cables from Amazon still waiting for them to arrive in the post living in Australia they cost a little more due to the currency conversion. The reason for the purchase I've just bought the Parasound a51 five channel amp and here in Australia it has a hefty price tag of $9,500 but i got it for $8,500. Just wondering if you have done the review on those XLR cables. I enjoy your channel immensely.

Yes Top Gun " we were inverted "

I don't care a thing about cables, but that beard is sick.

Balanced doesn't help unless it's balanced from source to amp. Also some amps are not true balanced and just have balanced connections.

You should have mentioned the beats headphones of audio cables. Audioquest.

Fially got to the point! Thanks.

What are some affordable RCA cable? I have a Outlaw 7000x coming in next week and would like to hear your opinion on some RCA cables. Thanks

Your outro music is so Dope!! What track is that?

As an audio engineer, I... I just remembered, I'm not an audio engineer, and thank god for that. If I was one, apparently, I would have missed the most important part of the equation. The equipment. A balanced cable guarantees you absolutely nothing. XLR connectors on audio components also guaranteed you absolutely nothing. For a balanced connection, you need 3 things. 1. The upstream component has to put out a balanced signal, not just have an XLR jack. 2. The downstream component has to accept a balanced signal, not just have an XLR jack. 3. The cable has to be balanced and have a matching pin configuration for the components you're connecting. It looks like they got this right in the video. Just keep in mind not all cables with XLR connectors are meant to be used as a balanced interconnect. They have other applications, as well. Since it wasn't mentioned in the video, the components you are connecting must be balanced. There's more than one way to balance a component, but as long as the pin configuration is the same for both pieces, it shouldn't matter. It may matter for sound quality purposes, but not for a connection. If you have a component with XLR connectors, you still have to check to see if its balanced. If they label the connection balanced, you can't trust it because there's ways of getting around it. The best place to start is your owners manual. Look at the specs. If the component is really balanced, it will have 2 sets of specs. One for balanced operation, and one for single ended operation. Look for the output spec and it should be 6db higher for balanced. Some gear, mostly pro audio, will list balanced as 4db higher than the single ended connection. Also, balanced operation is not compatible with single ended operation, and there's usually a way to switch back and forth between the 2. Here's the part where most people get screwed over. As I said earlier, not all balancing is the same, and there's several variations as to how things get wired. Most of the time, your 2 components have XLR jacks, but either one or both are not balanced, and when you connect them with XLR cables, everything works and sounds fine. But its not balanced. Simply put, only 2 of the 3 pins on the XLR cables are being used, and that makes it electrically identical to using a regular RCA cable. There is no difference. One final thing to note is in some situations, you can damage your components when you connect them using XLR cables. A single ended connection has one hot (+) and one ground (-). A balanced connection has 2 hots (++), and one ground (-). Some cables and adaptors, or even the input or output of a component that has XLR jacks, and is not balanced, will shunt or connect one of the signal conductors to ground. If you then take this cable or adaptor and plug it into a balanced connection, you will immediately create a short circuit, hear a noise and know something is wrong. If you catch it right when it happens, most of the time you won't do damage, but its possible. This will only happen under certain circumstances, but I say always treat it like it will happen so damage can be avoided. This is a big topic, and I had to skip a huge amount of details to keep a short post. If anyone is interested, there's plenty of info to be found with a simple search. An actual expert on the topic can explain it far better than I can. The pro audio company Rane has been very vocal about cleaning this whole mess up so customers don't keep getting screwed. They have several good papers on the topic. I believe PreSonus does as well.

But what about speaker wire itself. Thats just open wire with no shielding at all!!! So sure your have a great transport signal but that wire going from banana output post to speakers is a antenna. So wouldn’t u want xlr output to speakers also? Should be all the same from start to finish?

Hey I have a sony reciever 5.2 channel . 90w 2 channel into 8ohm . my surround is in the living room and wife won't let me put anymore speakers in it lol . my speakers are 150w rms are there any 5.2 channel recievers that will get me anywhere close to 150w

Back home after a couple of weeks away and woho do i have som catching up to do. Will be interesting to see the reviews of these! ;)

Actually, actual. Couldn’t even count how many times they were actually used.

How do you feel about these cables now?

WORLDS BEST CABLE link says ... not currently available

So what do you think is better the A51 or 52+

I wanted to buy XLR cables for my subs. I need two 35’ runs. I’m finding that they all state microphone cable or ‘analog cable’ on monoprice. Are they all the same when it comes to the subwoofer?

Actual, actually, actual, actual...

Proclamation: This is the final conversation about cables we are going to have on the internet. BUY what you like and can afford.

Common mode rejection

HTD... Your explanation about XLR and noise cancellation is a bit way too simplified. If the equipment does not have a truly balanced circuity, you can still get noise in your system. The RMC-1 thankfully is fully balanced from input to output. The older Xmc-1 was only fully balanced on the L/R channels. Processors like the Marantz 8805/7705, Yamaha CX-A5200/A5100 have Xlr but a not Fully balanced.

Emotiva has their XLR cables on sale right now. $24 for a seven line snake. 3 meters I believe.

Have not heard them but recommend them??!!!! Ridiculous

You don't need to say actual or actually two or three times per sentence, it sounds so stupid and you are not stupid.

Jimmy Fallon is selling cables now?

Are you Jimmy Fallon in disguise?

Who in the hell can afford that type of equipment?

advertises product, admits to never using it... can anybody scream paid promo??

"so your the one"

Bro, you are recommending a cable you have not tried? C'mon man, just lie. Jesus. Why recommend it then?

Feedback to you as a creator: I counted you saying a word containing "actual" 30 times in this 7 min clip. It makes you sound repetitive and boring to listen to. Please stop using the word "actual" all the time and your production quality will increase.

have the best equipment, but wait you need the best cables to enjoy them. bunch of hogwash