RT Consensus - Reasonably Priced - Good Quality Cables?

[angelspade]

RT Team...Whets the consensus around here for solid quality Instrument, speaker and pedal patch cables? About to buy a complete set for my dual amp Marshall rig and a couple pedals. Thanks!!!!

 

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@RedB4Black has the best cables

 

[tricalibur]

Live Wire from Guitar Center. The warranty is invaluable. If it breaks u just take it to any GC and they will replace it

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

I use mogami. And they have been solid. I had some cheap daddario stuff before and ended up with a few patch cables introducing noise that had to be traced out.

I recommend getting good ones. Buy once, cry once

 

[VonBonfire]

I been using Ernie Ball patch cables. Their guitar cables are absolute junk but the patch cables seem more solid, and are more $$$.

 

[311boogieman]

I can tell who NOT to buy cables from

 

[Polski Młot]

Whirlwind
I have some 15 footers still in use that I purchased back in 92'
Around the house use only, but they are still as pliable and noise free as when I first got them...
Patch cables are awesome too.
Re-cabled my rack with all whirlwind and I was getting low end I thought I never had. (Was using HOSA stuff)
Livewire/GC ones are cool too. The warranty is great and no worries if you wreck one at a gig or something.

 

[Polski Młot]

I can tell who NOT to buy cables from

They even deleted the cable thread/link.
Lol

 

[lol]

@The~Kid

lol

 

[Polski Młot]

Anybody ever try those Klotz cables?
Pricey, but they seem like the cats meow with reviews... *Shrug*

 

[Dale B]

I never really have worried about cables because that is another rabbit hole I haven't bothered traveling down. I just use whatever works.

 

[angelspade]

Are Monster cables even a "thing" anymore?

 

[VonBonfire]

Are Monster cables even a "thing" anymore?

Biggest POS cables I have ever owned. Absolute crap. Like tossing a blanket over your speakers. And short lived too, even with gentle treatment. It's actually unreal how bad they are for as much money as they command.

 

[angelspade]

Biggest POS cables I have ever owned. Absolute crap. Like tossing a blanket over your speakers. And short lived too, even with gentle treatment. It's actually unreal how bad they are for as much money as they command.

That's what I have been told as well

 

[Rackman]

I have a set of four 20ft Ernie Ball flex cables (right angle on one end) that I've used heavily for almost a decade now. There have been no failures. I am fairly careful about strain relief though. Prior to that I had numerous cables from Monster and Fender die. Mogami cables did better but died eventually.

I have a couple old George L cables that have been 100% reliable (and can be trivially repaired with a pocket knife on the road) but the stiff jackets on them can be really annoying.

For my wireless pack I use custom cables from Best-Tronics.

My concern is nearly 100% mechanical reliability - yes cables have capacitance but no reasonable cable stock at a reasonable length should have the roll-off at a frequency low enough to care.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

I think besttronics are the best cables

 

[rsm]

Mogami instrument cables, ProCo StageMaster speaker cables, and DiMarzio patch cables. I also have many Roland black series dual TS cables of various lengths for stereo connections.

Recently I tried AA Audio Accessory instrument cables from Amazon. I got a 15' cable, and it was good enough to get a second. Much less expensive than Mogami.

I also had good luck with cables from Monoprice

 

[7704A]

Like tossing a blanket over your speakers.

Which cable will toss Dasani on my speakers?

RT Team...Whets the consensus around here for solid quality Instrument, speaker and pedal patch cables? About to buy a complete set for my dual amp Marshall rig and a couple pedals. Thanks!!!!

I DIY'd my speaker cables from Audio 2000's cable and Neutrik chuck-type connectors, and I'm very happy with them.

 

[thegame]

I can tell who NOT to buy cables from

What was the strawman that broke the camel's back? I missed it dammit!

 

[VonBonfire]

Mogami instrument cables, ProCo StageMaster speaker cables, and DiMarzio patch cables. I also have many Roland black series dual TS cables of various lengths for stereo connections.

I've had pretty good luck with ProCo stuff. The cables are noise free and not tone suckers IME and reasonably priced. I used to have a ProCo snake back in the days of mixer/power amp/unpowered speakers. It was a decent unit. I should've hung onto it. I can't believe what they want for snakes now.

I gotta golden Dimarzio cable now, it's a good cable, seems a bit brighter than other cables I have but it's held up pretty good since last Christmas.