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Whirlwind MC20 XLR Microphone Cable (20 ft.)

Whirlwind quality in an economical package. XLR to XLR. Balanced.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           8 out of 10
Features:
           7 out of 10
Quality:
           7 out of 10
Value:
           9 out of 10
I Want It:
           7 out of 10
Sound:
           8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           9 out of 10
Support:
           8 out of 10
 
 

"Good for portable multitrack"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 11/16/2008
Style of Music: Metal and anything with double bass
Musical Experience: Recording Engineer, Acitive Musician
Location: Appoamttox, VA, USofA

 

 
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Feature:
Rugged outside, made of rubber. About the same features as any other cable.

Quality:
Very high quality. From the quality/price ratio, I would give these a 12 out of ten. They don't get wharm with phantom power. I use these alot during the week. I do portable recording and they havent failed me yet. ;)

Value:
Awesome value. This cannot be beat, plus the more you but the cheaper they are.

Desirability:
Wanted them now I have them.

Sound:
I've go no noise out of these just the sound from my condenser.

Ease of Use:
just plug them in. The are not loose at all.

Support:
Havent dealt with them but with this low price you can just order more.

Overall:
Better then any quailty cable Ive ever had. I will buy more once I need them.

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"Good Cable for Less $"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from zoominternet.net
Submitted: 7/27/2008
Musical Experience: Recording Student

 

 
Quality:
It's not as rugged as some other cables I've used. However, it will last for a long time if you take care of it as you would with any other cable.

Value:
Great value! It's your standard mic cable. It just costs less.

Sound:
It sounds just fine as far as I can tell. I have used it with condenser mics with my Mbox 2 Pro supplying phantom power. I don't understand why people say these aren't balanced.

Overall:
This is an affordable cable that gets the job done. It's nothing special, but it's balanced and works just fine.

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"WORKS WITH CONDENSORS JUST FINE!!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 2/11/2007

 

 
Quality:
All I can say is that this is excellent cable for the price. I have used condensor mics with this cable just fine. The only issue is that the xlr ends vibrate when connected to mics on rim mounts. All i did was tape the cable back to the mics and fixed the problem. Easy fix to get the cables at such a low price. Used it for recording with no problems.

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"Excellent fully balanced cheap noise-free cable."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
User: a customer from coloroflyme.com
Submitted: 10/10/2008
Style of Music: Classic Rock
Musical Experience: Recording Engineer
Location: Michigan

 

 
Feature:
I bought a 18 pack of these, checked about 4 or 5 of them and they all seem to be 100% fully balanced, I use them on condensor mic's and they work great. they are also field servicable.

Quality:
Pretty good.

Value:
WELL worth it, I recommend it to ANYONE.

Desirability:
It's a cable? come on.

Sound:
Sounds great, no noise at all.

Ease of Use:
A cable, enough said.

Support:
Never dealt with them, never had to.

Overall:
Very good product.

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"Not worth your time or money"

Overall:
          4 out of 10
Features:
          4 out of 10
Quality:
          2 out of 10
Value:
          2 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          5 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          5 out of 10
Support:
          5 out of 10
User: a customer from austin.rr.com
Submitted: 10/5/2009
Style of Music: Everything
Musical Experience: Recording Engineer
Location: Austin, TX USA

 

 
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Feature:
The rubber strain reliefs are not clamped into the XLR connectors but simply snapped in like rubber grommet stuck in a hole. They easily pull out. When they pull out the solder connections then have to carry the load of any tugs on the cable. This makes the solder connections easy to break.

Quality:
Too bad the strain reliefs are so poorly anchored. I will try to expoxy them into the XLR connector's metal shells. I just bought these last week and used them this weekend. My guess is they won't last long. I'll probably end up buying new XLR connectors with screw clamps on the stain reliefs and reusing the wire. Therefore, these cables were NOT a bargain.

Value:
I just wish I hadn't bought disposable cables. Next time I'll look closer at the picture of the cables and pay attention to the connector strain reliefs.

Desirability:
I don't find cables "sexy" as suggested in the rating system for how bad I want something. I simply would never buy these again.

Sound:
It works as a balanced line microphone cable with XLR connectors... but read on...

Ease of Use:
No different from any other cable of this type.

Support:
I haven't bothered. $10 cables are disposable.

Overall:
Live and learn.

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"Similar free cable is true XLR"

Overall:
          7 out of 10
Submitted: 6/20/2006

 

 
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Overall:
I wanted to see if these cables really weren't balanced, and I have a similar one that came with an Audix kickdrum mic. Mine has identical connectors as these, the wire says "whirlwind" and EMC20, and it is in fact balanced and wired correctly. The picture here isn't the same wire, exactly, but if they were making unbalanced cheap-date cables that only work with dynamic mics I'd have got one as my free cable. I am skeptical- I doubt these are what the guy said, miswired. It's not anything fancy like starquad or foil shielded, but my 'free 20 foot Whirlwind cable' is still a true XLR cable.

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"Good Cord"

Overall:
          7 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          7 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 7/25/2007

 

 
Quality:
you get a lil noise. if you want no noise i suggest spending a few extra bucks

Value:
10 dollars is worth it for this.

Desirability:
get it if your on a low budget. its worth it to use till you can afford something better.

Sound:
well i get a lil noise from it but what do you expect its 10 dollars. other than that it does work fine with phantompower and condenser microphones. i use a Behringer C-1 Studio Condenser with +48 phantom power and it works fine. good for price. if your startin off and/or low budget it it.

Ease of Use:
its a cord. i hooked it up and it works. thats all i gotta say

Overall:
overall, for lowbuget rappers/rockers/etc get this one. it works fine and easy to use. but if you want better quality i suggest getting a better one.

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Whirlwind MC20 Mic Cable Customer Review

Overall:
          6 out of 10
Submitted: 2/17/2007

 

 
Quality:
THIS DOES CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH PHANTOM POWER!!! i couldnt figure out why my interface was running so warm and why it reset itself so much. i replaced this cable and no problems. DO NOT BUY IT FOR USE WITH CONDENSER MICS!!!

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"Not up to Whirlwind name"

Overall:
          1 out of 10
Features:
          4 out of 10
Quality:
          4 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          4 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          4 out of 10
Support:
          4 out of 10
Submitted: 12/30/2008
Style of Music: rock
Musical Experience: Tech director for House of worship. Professional audio technician
Location: Stuart Fl

 

 
Quality:
We returned these as soon as we saw they weren't the same Whirlwind materials we know and love. Some times imported is OK but there is nothing about these cables that resembles real whirlwind cables. Its a cheap sellout.

Value:
Spend double the money and get a real cable with quality name brand fittings.

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"These are NOT balanced cables!!!"

Overall:
          1 out of 10
Features:
          2 out of 10
Quality:
          1 out of 10
Value:
          7 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          3 out of 10
Support:
          4 out of 10
Submitted: 6/12/2005

 

 
Value:
Get what you pay for

Support:
N/A

Overall:
These are NOT balanced cables! They are unbalanced cables with XLR connectors on them. The have connected the negative signal pin to ground. This means that you will pick up hum, condenser mics will not work, and that this can be dangerous to use on mixers with phantom power. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

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