nearfield cables
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nearfield cables
Hello
I use the Meyer Sound HM-1 nearfield monitors.
I just want to know what brand of speakercables do you use?
Are there any professional brands? Till now I always used regular XLR microphonecable.
Thanks
I use the Meyer Sound HM-1 nearfield monitors.
I just want to know what brand of speakercables do you use?
Are there any professional brands? Till now I always used regular XLR microphonecable.
Thanks
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Re: nearfield cables
Honestly, I make all my own cables now. I still use the ones I bought before I started making my own, however. But one day I walked into a music store and they wanted $130 for four 4-foot balanced cables. I walked out and went to my nearest electronics store, bought quality parts and some solder, and now all my cables are exactly the length I need them to be, with good plugs and reinforced ends.
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Re: nearfield cables
I use Mogami Gold Series cables.
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Re: nearfield cables
mogami gold studio, or at least monster studio link 500.
Re: nearfield cables
Agree. There are plenty of ways to spend a bunch of bucks, Mogami will give you excellent performance, very high quality, and you won't spend a fortune on them.
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Re: nearfield cables
I mkae most of my cables, when I can afford to, or if they are on sale, I buy Mogami or Markertek. To be honest, making cables is a pain in the ass. Unless it's a custom cable, usually it is cheaper to get one off the shelf. When making my own I stick to starquad, use nuetril and Canare connectors, silver solder, and shoe goo. The shoe goo goes in after the soldering and I have tested the cable. It keeps things seperate and since I started doing it havent had any problems.
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Re: nearfield cables
I Have the HD-1s as well. Use Monster's top-of-the-line studio Pro cables [whatever they call them] and they sound great and resist all interference from surrounding cables and RF.Member
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posted April 19, 2005 07:31 PM
Hello
I use the Meyer Sound HM-1 nearfield monitors.
I just want to know what brand of speakercables do you use?
Are there any professional brands? Till now I always used regular XLR microphonecable.
Thanks
Man if I had time to build my own cables I would so be out of the studio doing something else.
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