Richard,

Thank you so much for your response.

Yes, I did mean the shell.


On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:02:35 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
wrote:

"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.