Best place to get cheap XLR?

rico

The best decent cables I can find are Award Session - £14.70 for a 6m cable with Van Damme cables and Neutrik jacks.

Anything better out there?

Legionreturns

Maplins aren't too bad if you need in a hurry. You can get fairly close to those prices, which for a high street retailer isn't bad. I think their 3m ones are about £12 and 5m £15 

robinbowes

Not a bad price. I can make for a bit less than that if I've bought the parts in bulk.

R.

Roland

By “better” do you mean stronger, higher Audio quality, or just cheaper? You could ask @designacable

designacable

Thanks for the tag Roland. We have some excellent xlr leads that represent value for money, they will last you a long time....... 

https://www.designacable.com/musician-leads/mic-cables/van-damme-mic-cable-neutrik-xlr-xlr-cables-balanced-microphone-patch-lead.html 

In my opinion for xlr leads Neutrik and Van Damme are the way to go

robinbowes

I also use designacable, if I want to buy ready-made. Good stuff.

R. 

prowla

I've bought from designacable before and would again.

If you're after real cheap, you might find some at a car boot, but they're not happening at this time of the year.

Another option would beto look for scrap cables (ebay or elsewhere) and re-use the connectors.

spark240

designacable said:

Thanks for the tag Roland. We have some excellent xlr leads that represent value for money, they will last you a long time....... 

https://www.designacable.com/musician-leads/mic-cables/van-damme-mic-cable-neutrik-xlr-xlr-cables-balanced-microphone-patch-lead.html 

In my opinion for xlr leads Neutrik and Van Damme are the way to go

Cool...just added to my favourites menu !

maltingsaudio

Just to add, 90% of problems encountered on gear is down to cables, so do get the best you feel you can afford. 

I agree Neutrik are the best connectors available out there, but as to Van Damme they are very good but there are cheaper and just as good equivalents out there so don’t get bogged down in it must be Van Damme .

kennedydream1980

If you want real cheap the stagg cables are absolutely fine. They last long enough if you take care of them. Otherwise for quality durable cables I always go to Studiospares. 

Jalapeno

Check out Thomann - never know what they've got on offer ......

Another Designeracable bookmarker here - been looking for something like this is KaBL packed it in.

rico

I think I’m gonna go with award session - they are identical but nearly a fiver cheaper.