Are Expensive XLR Cables Worth It? (FAQ Series)

What's the difference between an $8 and $50 XLR cable? Do $50 mic cables make your recording sound better? Why pay so much for a cable? In this video, I address those questions and demonstrate the difference in shielding and test if there is any difference in tone based on the XLR cable you're using.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - An Answer To The Question
01:06 - Build Quality
02:41 - Shielding Performance Measurement
06:05 - Noise Floor Measurement
07:50 - Do Cables Affect the Tone of Recording?
10:05 - Warranty of Cables
10:42 - Why Are Cables More Expensive?
11:05 - Who Should Buy Expensive Cables?
13:30 - Outro

NOTE 1: The frequency response measurements only cover 20Hz - 20kHz which is all most podcast producers and at home studio producers will encounter. The results may differ if you record high resolution with the intention of slowing down the audio. For most people 20Hz - 20kHz is more than sufficient.

NOTE 2: For non-reviews I typically record unprocessed audio and process in post. Here I mistakenly recorded the processed audio for my spoken word portions, and that processing was not good, so this is not a good representation of the sound of this mic. Sorry about that.

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