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Post by eclypse on Mar 31, 2016 20:58:32 GMT -5
I can't believe I've spent 2 hours so far trying to figure out if I need something more then the cheap monoprice xlr cables?
Do I need to spend like a $100 or more to connect my new xpa-1L mono amps coming monday to my stealth dc-1?
Also I see most of thsee cables are made for microphones? Does it matter or stay away from those?
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Post by pedrocols on Mar 31, 2016 21:03:41 GMT -5
I have used Monoprice XLR cables and they have worked well.
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Post by eclypse on Mar 31, 2016 21:22:24 GMT -5
Thanks.. just ordered them from amazon. Gona get them on sat and the mono blocks will be here Monday so all is well.  |
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Post by vcautokid on Apr 1, 2016 6:20:28 GMT -5
Yep you are in great shape. Microphone cable XLR is balanced XLR cable and it will work great with any balanced audio gear like your XPA to DC-1 connection. No need for a hyper expensive cable unless you want too.
Lots of fine bargain XLR cables that will do great out there.
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Post by eclypse on Apr 1, 2016 7:32:03 GMT -5
Good to hear thanks!
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Post by vneal on Apr 1, 2016 7:55:53 GMT -5
Buy the cheapest they are all the same.
NOT!
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Post by monkumonku on Apr 1, 2016 9:12:54 GMT -5
I've used Monoprice XLR and for the most part they have been fine although I found two of them that were defective because they were wired incorrectly. Now I am using cables from Blue Jeans Cable and also some Canare L4E6S Star Quad XLR cables purchased from Amazon. They cost a little bit more but after finding those two miswired Monoprice cables I stopped using Monoprice. Sound-wise I don't detect any differences, though. You'd probably do just fine with Monoprice but I decided to spend a little more to get cables I had more confidence in.
Note: if you are going to buy several Monoprice cables it is cheaper to get them directly from Monoprice rather than Amazon because even if you have Prime shipping, the Amazon price has the shipping built into it and it's more than what Monoprice charges for multiple items.
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Post by eclypse on Apr 1, 2016 22:59:42 GMT -5
Thanks.. that's good to know. Though monoprice charges alot for shipping.
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Post by monkumonku on Apr 1, 2016 23:12:16 GMT -5
Thanks.. that's good to know. Though monoprice charges alot for shipping. True, Monoprice's shipping increases incrementally with each unit so it isn't economical to just get one or two items. But Amazon's pricing has the shipping built in so you pay the same per-piece charge which makes it uneconomical if you buy several items. My main complaint about Monoprice is their shipping speed sucks. I live one county away and it takes three days to get to me because although they tell you something is shipping that day, all they really do is create the label and then it goes out a day or two after that. The bigger they've gotten the worse their shipping has become. I used to get everything the next day. Not any more. |
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Post by 509Paul on Apr 1, 2016 23:26:31 GMT -5
Blue jeans cable.
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Post by LCSeminole on Apr 3, 2016 10:10:28 GMT -5
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Post by geebo on Apr 3, 2016 10:30:40 GMT -5
+1 The Emotivas are very well made. |
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Post by Perpendicular on Apr 3, 2016 11:19:18 GMT -5
Thanks.. that's good to know. Though monoprice charges alot for shipping. True, Monoprice's shipping increases incrementally with each unit so it isn't economical to just get one or two items. But Amazon's pricing has the shipping built in so you pay the same per-piece charge which makes it uneconomical if you buy several items. My main complaint about Monoprice is their shipping speed sucks. I live one county away and it takes three days to get to me because although they tell you something is shipping that day, all they really do is create the label and then it goes out a day or two after that. The bigger they've gotten the worse their shipping has become. I used to get everything the next day. Not any more. I agree! With the exception of several power cords, most of the other cables in my system are from Monoprice, including the XLR's. I live close to but not close enough to the company headquarters and it used to be overnight deliveries but now take about 3 days.  |
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Post by monkumonku on Apr 3, 2016 12:36:58 GMT -5
True, Monoprice's shipping increases incrementally with each unit so it isn't economical to just get one or two items. But Amazon's pricing has the shipping built in so you pay the same per-piece charge which makes it uneconomical if you buy several items. My main complaint about Monoprice is their shipping speed sucks. I live one county away and it takes three days to get to me because although they tell you something is shipping that day, all they really do is create the label and then it goes out a day or two after that. The bigger they've gotten the worse their shipping has become. I used to get everything the next day. Not any more. I agree! With the exception of several power cords, most of the other cables in my system are from Monoprice, including the XLR's. I live close to but not close enough to the company headquarters and it used to be overnight deliveries but now take about 3 days. I could walk over there and pick it up and be back home faster than their deliveries now. I have also complained to them about it and never received any sort of reply. |
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Post by tchaik on Apr 6, 2016 9:42:16 GMT -5
i have monoprice between my dc-1 and stealth 8's. 24 feet lengths and not a problem. i have not compared these to any others though.
tchaik……….
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Post by scubadiver on Apr 9, 2016 9:47:07 GMT -5
I have a 50' monoprice xlr running from my XMC to my sub and it has performed flawlessly.
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Post by ottaone on Apr 10, 2016 7:42:35 GMT -5
Monoprice cables are keeping my Stealths working just fine.
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Post by LCSeminole on Apr 10, 2016 9:16:51 GMT -5
The Monoprice Premier Series XLR cables are quite solid. I used them for the past 2 years for my subs without any problems and still have them. I have however replaced them recently with 2 of the 5 meter Emotiva balanced X-Series XLR's as I needed longer runs and just wanted to go all Emotiva cables. There is no difference except in build and connectors and prefer the Emotiva connectors over the Neutrik, but this is just preference. Again the Mogami XLR's I mentioned above are fine cables as well. For clarity, if any of these cables I mentioned weren't built well with good connectors and solid cabling, as well as being affordable, I would have just chosen one of the proven commodities and continued using it.
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Post by eclypse on Apr 10, 2016 10:05:42 GMT -5
Yeah those monoprice cables do look and feel fine to me so far. Actually surprise me everytime I pick them up as I still setting up my new stands.
Yeah if I could afford the extra coin I too would of grabbed the sexier emotiva cables we well.
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Post by tchaik on Apr 10, 2016 10:41:12 GMT -5
Yeah those monoprice cables do look and feel fine to me so far. Actually surprise me everytime I pick them up as I still setting up my new stands. Yeah if I could afford the extra coin I too would of grabbed the sexier emotiva cables we well. only us audio nuts would refer to cables/equipment as 'sexy'. what a sorry lot we are……..  i remember an audio dealer way back in the day referring to the insides of a krell amp as doing something beneficial for the more private areas of the male anatomy. our wives/mates just wouldn't understand. tchaik…………. |
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