"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
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"Harry Houdini" wrote ...
Just out of curiosity - does anyone know why XLR cables almost never have
the shield connected? How would it afftect things if it were connected?

Presumably you mean the connector shell and not the cable
shield (screen)? Seems highly doubtful that you could get
away with leaving the shield floating.

OTOH, making a connection to the shell (at either end)
appears to be nowhere near as critical. I suspect that people who operate
in high RF areas can't be as casual about that as the rest of us.

Not casual - deliberate. If you are going through a stage ar wall box, with
multiple connectors, you will instantly have lots of potential ground loops
which are very susceptible to rf interference. Even just a single cable
connected to a grounded metal wall box will likely cause problems.


geoff