Coiling XLRs.... yes or no?

both ways sound great

I have routed it well. If there is a difference, i would need to record both ways and listen to the recordings back to back to be able to tell for sure. I like to think there is a difference at least; and its nice piece of mind.

Found a way to route it through my cabinet without interacting with any other cables and the way i did it you cant see the cables

Thanks. Good to hear the results of your experiment.

Coiling will increase inductance, but only slightly and not enough to make an audible difference. The studios and stages where your music is recorded are full of hundreds of XLR cables coiled up. Of couse, most studio kit is balanced and so common signals are cancelled.

One possible choice is to "fold" the cable in half (i.e. stretch out the cable from both sockets) and then coil.

I have a pr of Cardas Golden Presence XLR from my phono preamp to amp and it is 1.5m as opposed to the 1m I need and the same as yourself, I got it at a great price!  So I have it coiled/looped, but not all crimped up tight. It is loose and just one bigger loop behind my rack and zip tied. There is no noticeable difference from looped or to just hanging loosely. 

Generally its probably not a good idea... but it also might not make a difference.

ozzy