jakdedert wrote:

I'm waiting for a 'bullet proof' XLR; which is both extremely durable
and easy to install/service. I don't think it exists, so I'll deal with
what's available.

Bendix used to make one. It used crimp-on connectors (requiring a tool
that cost several hundred dollars for the cheap non-pneumatic version)
and a screw-together body sort of like the Amphenol Series 96 connectors.

It was intended for military folks who were used to A&N and KPT connectors
and went together in the same way. Some of the military cable guys are
very heavily into gastight crimps and don't like solder-type connectors
for high vibration work.

I don't know how much it cost but it went together with the same tooling
the KPT connectors used so it couldn't have been cheap.

I don't see any need to get upset about it; or making up wild stories (a
bulldozer? I'd like to see that one...maybe on soft ground, but....) to
support my decision.

I once saw a remote truck drive away without all the cables being disconnected.
The Belden cable broke before the Switchcraft XLR did. But not after
considerable damage had been done by the console being towed through
the wall...
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."