Scott Fraser wrote:

Every single mic cable I've ever owned that had neutrik XLRs on the
ends
has failed - somebody steps on the conector, the plastic screw-on
strain relief cracks, and the connector falls apart. I stopped using
them after a couple of dozen, so I've probably only owned about 30
connectors that broke.

Every one? You're not exagerrating for effect here? Every single one of
30 Neutrik-equipped cables you've owned has broken? Brother, either you
got some seriously bad luck, or this is a case of incomprehendable user
misuse.

Well, some of them may have been stolen or lost. The last time I bought
a mic cable with neutrik ends was over 15 years ago. They're all gone
now - I either replaced the ends or threw them away.

From others comments here it appears that Neutrik has improved their
product in the interveneving years.

//Walt