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Add to that, if you lose one component you'll have to replace both.
I have XLRs in various lengths, up to about 20m, IECs up to 10m and plenty of extension leads and IEC extenders. Covers all bases.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youHaving said that I've never used combined mains and signal myself yet but can see the appeal
If it was one of these, I'd be very annoyed!
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youI've gone ahead and ordered a couple of these cables for my newly purchased active speakers. Probably speaks to my overly tidy mind - and my dislike of rats nests of cables that I always seem to trip over :-).
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I'm not a big fan of replacing faulty cables too often. I have a business to run and my cables get a lot of abuse!
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youI'm also not massively keen on the idea of putting mains and signal in the same outer sheath, where in the very unlikely but not totally impossible event of the cable being badly crushed internally, you could end up with mains going up a signal wire - that's going to get expensive quickly. You might even get theatrical Back To The Future-type fireworks if you're lucky...
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youI've always felt that this is worth doing on shows of any scale. The quicker and easier you can make any load in/out, the better. All those little two minute jobs you save can add up to mean you're on/off the stage in half the time you would have been.
I also run the whole bands ears by using 2 balanced XRL's into one male XLR converters wired like this, lets say I'm using aux 4 and 5 for my ears
Aux 4 out Pin 1 ground, Pin 2 to male pin 2 pin 3 to ground
Aux 5 out Pin 1 ground, Pin 2 to male pin 3 PIN 3 to ground
So it's essentially converting both aux sends to unbalanced single ended and using pin 1 for ground, pin 2 for left IEM and pin 3 for right IEM down a single mic lead. In a 5 piece band that saves on a minimum of 5 mic cables, more on a very large stage
As you say it's a small win but a constant win every single gig
1. Shoulndt run mains next to signal cables (even if the audio is balanced)
2. I dont know many who have a mains outlet right next to a desk audio output.
That's true. Not an issue for me personally as I happen always to have spare XLR and kettle leads (albeit not 10m ones) in the car...
Good point. Although unlikely to be a problem in practice, as you say.
I'm loving the win of it being a few seconds less to set up and tear down :-). I'm glad that others above, not only me, find this a pleasing thing. And the neater cable runs. The main downside for me, as others also pointed out above, is that the cables are quite chunky and won't both fit in my mixer bag. Perfection would be similar cables but a bit thinner!