Urgent help - wiring XLR to Jack (speaker cable)

[Walker]

Hi there,

I need to solder an XLR onto the end of a speaker cable with a 1/4" TS on the other end.

The solder tips of XLR are marked 1, 2 and 3 - 1 is nine oclock, 3 is six oclock and 2 is 3 oclock (these are the solder tips, not the face that mates with the socket).

Where do I solder the red and black cores of the speaker cable? Does anything need to be bridged the same as an XLR instrument cable?

I've spent an hour looking for this info, but can't find anything conclusive!

Cheers
Chris

[paul_5]

http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/connection/xlr-jack-mono.html looks about right.

[Walker]

Thanks for that Paul 5. I used that for my instrument cables - so is it exactly the same for speaker cable?

[dincz]

You really need to look at the cab's connections or check with a meter. Different cabs used different pins.

[Walker]

These are going from stage box (from aux's) to power yammy monitors. We've used double ended TR 1/4 cables up until now, so just need to get the female xlr's on!

[dincz]

Ah, so signal cables rather than speaker cables. 1 earth, 2 hot, 3 not should be fine.

[obbm]

Don't use speaker cable. You need either screened pair mic cable or single core screened instrument cable.

[Walker]

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Don't use speaker cable. You need either screened pair mic cable or single core screened instrument cable.
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Oh balls, of course! Doh.

Only speaker cable between amp and cab, right?

What should i be using for daisy chaining [i]between[/i] powered cabs then?

[BigRedX]

If each cab has it's own amp then normal screened signal cable.

BTW don't your powered cabs tell you what pin is what on the XLRs? Ours do.

[Walker]

Thanks for the help gents.

Not sure what the cabs say - they are in our practice room. I'll double check next time.

This is what I get for being the only band member who knows how to solder!

[paul_5]

generally pin 2 is hot (signal), so that'll go to the tip, but they tend to be printed on the kit these days, or try looking at an online manual - that sort of info is generally in the back pages.

[gelfin]

This may help

http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae181/gelfin5959/Wiringplugs.jpg