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Good choice for 20' XLR cable?

I'm thinking of moving my equipment rack to a side wall. If and when I do that, I will need a pair of 20' XLR cables to go between preamp and amp. I do not want to spend more than $1,500.00 for the pair, hopefully much less for decent quality. New or used is okay for me.

Do you have any thoughts or suggestions regarding a particular brand? 

Thank you.

lovehifi22
sls883
422 posts
 

What are you using between your amp and preamp now? If you currently have a an optimal cable for your system, is it possible that using a lower quality cable due to the length will negate the benefit of moving your rack? 

I think I'd want to try the cable before I went through the pains of moving everything.  I just went through that with my new rack. 

ghdprentice
7,113 posts
 

What is your system?

 

DHLabs.


This is a key juncture. It is easy to go cheap because it is long. This can be false economy. You want to move it but you do not want to introduce a weak link that you later must replace. Having said that I find DHLabs to be an excellent budget cable which is an outstanding choice for some systems and a great interim step for others.
 

vetsc5
35 posts
 

Hello and Happy New Year,

As a cable DIY'er I assemble my own cables.  Suggest that you check out Mogami 2549 raw cable at 77 cents per foot.  For XLR connectors recommend Neutrik XLR NA3FF-B (female) @ $16.66 each and their NA3MM-B (male) @ $ 15.67 each via

https://wwww.performanceaudio.com

 

erik_squires
16,212 posts
 

Easiest is going to be World's Best with Mogami.  Best would be home made with Connex/DH Labs pure silver from Parts Connexion.  Note that while I do think they sound fabulous, the single strand is a little brittle.   I've had them break at the connector after a little handling.

oregon
823 posts
 

Mogami. 

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