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Sander deWaal wrote:

"Bret Ludwig" said:


However, one of the major goals of audio gear that uses XLR
connections is
to be non-critical of cable and cable lengths.


You are right.
I tried to place a pair of red herrings inbetween a male and a female
XLR connector, and surely, that was not critical indeed.


Using XLRs for speaker cable is stupid and not done in the pro world.


What's even *more* stupid is that no one mentioned "speaker cables"
anywhere in this thread, until you started going on about them.

But while we're on the subject of speaker cables, I agree indeed that
it would be a very stupid thing to use red herrings as speaker cable.
Not only are they probably too short for any meaningful use, they also
may act as some kind of rectifier for the larger voltages involved.
I'm not exactly sure as to what the knee voltage of a red herring is,
exactly (maybe Arny can fill you in, as he seems to be an expert on
all matters regarding "red herrings" ), but I suspect it may have an
adverse effect on the sound.

I want to go on record as being against the use of fish as cables.



You should buy your cable on the roll and terminate it yourself so you
know what is where.


I *do* know what is where in general, thank you very much.
Also, I *never* buy anything when on a roll, especially cables.
Thirdly, "terminating" cables is a stupid idea, since cables as I know
them, are already dead. YMMV.