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Disappointed in the connector quality
I bought about 20 of these in various lengths 9 months ago, mostly 6m and 10m, trusting in Thomann's usual good value for money products.
First red flag was that they came squished into oblong shapes from the factory packaging, meaning they wouldn't coil properly. I had to squish them the other way with pvc tape and leave them for a few days to try to get them to take a round-er shape (which sort-of worked).
Other than this they looked like quality cables and well put together.
After 2-3 gigs however, they started breaking. Specifically, the female connectors gave me the standard 'dodgy lead' distorted sound, especially when used on vibrating sources - specifically on drums. Soundcheck would be fine, but mid-show at least one would give up and I'd have to run on stage to change cables mid-show.
Nothing wrong with the soldering connections - btw the heat shrink is a nice touch, acting like extra strain relief; it's the connector itself that is not robust enough and keeps breaking. I keep replacing the female connectors, as soon as they break, with Amphenol connectors and most of these cables that I've bought now have Amphenol female connectors. Stay away from these unless you plan on replacing all connectors from the get go.
First red flag was that they came squished into oblong shapes from the factory packaging, meaning they wouldn't coil properly. I had to squish them the other way with pvc tape and leave them for a few days to try to get them to take a round-er shape (which sort-of worked).
Other than this they looked like quality cables and well put together.
After 2-3 gigs however, they started breaking. Specifically, the female connectors gave me the standard 'dodgy lead' distorted sound, especially when used on vibrating sources - specifically on drums. Soundcheck would be fine, but mid-show at least one would give up and I'd have to run on stage to change cables mid-show.
Nothing wrong with the soldering connections - btw the heat shrink is a nice touch, acting like extra strain relief; it's the connector itself that is not robust enough and keeps breaking. I keep replacing the female connectors, as soon as they break, with Amphenol connectors and most of these cables that I've bought now have Amphenol female connectors. Stay away from these unless you plan on replacing all connectors from the get go.
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It does the work, but it is a bit fragile.
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JO
It's Alright...
It could be better...
It's pretty stiff, so it doesn't coil very well and it gets bent and kinked easily.
In terms of sound quality it's decent, but has a quite high noise floor.
If you need a cheap cable to beat up, I guess this is an ok choice, though I believe it's much more worth it to spend a little more and get a much better cable.
It's pretty stiff, so it doesn't coil very well and it gets bent and kinked easily.
In terms of sound quality it's decent, but has a quite high noise floor.
If you need a cheap cable to beat up, I guess this is an ok choice, though I believe it's much more worth it to spend a little more and get a much better cable.
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Okay cable, but does pick up noise
Overall a well built cable with good connectors, it was found that it picks up noise from sources such as switching power supplies or ethernet cables nearby, which is audible on a recording and visible on a spectrogram, so extra care must be taken to manage noise.
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m
good connector, cable could be better
good quality connectors and good soldering, however the cable is not so flexible and is hard to coil in a nice loop.
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