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Re: XLR cable wiring - PIN 1 to chasis or not?
      18/05/11 03:20 PM
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I'm in the same general area as Dave (NN6, actually) and I've never had a moment's problem with any of my cables, snakes or equipment. Admittedly pretty well all of my PA gear is less than a decade old, but I have XLR cables going back 30 years and more. I never link pin1 to the shell. and although I have a few bought XLR cables, I haven't looked to see what they did there.

If I knew what I was talking about I'd say don't connect pin 1 to the shell, but I'm sure if I do I'll jumped on for promoting suicidal practices or something. I do agree it's likely to be the equipment first.

Come to think of it, I have had a problem with one snake that has slightly dodgy XLR sockets on it and last summer I had to cut a cable off to get home and fix it later. Not a noise issue, though.

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* XLR cable wiring - PIN 1 to chasis or not? N.icholas 14/05/11 10:58 PM
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