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Anyone here use them over standard straight cables? I like the look of them and have done a bit of research, however most people seam to only have them a few months before the cable breaks!

Does anyone have any experience with them and are they as bad as people make them out to be?

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I was looking at Bullet Coil Cables a while back, but didn't buy one in the end.

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Edit: I remember why now, they're stupidly expensive! Better off buying OBBM!

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I've used the same orange Lava coily cable for the past four or five years without a hitch. Regarding the length, you certainly can't walk out front with it but it is plenty long enough for a typical pub/club stage area.

I think there are a couple of UK stockists of Lava cable now but can't recall who they are off the top of my head.

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Interesting that some of you have been using the same cable since the 70's! I think my main concern is the length. Vox for example list their cables as being 9m long, sure, that's the total length but the actual length would be what, 3m?
I'd really need a coiled cable that is actually 7-8m long. I'm sure that will be quite expensive and pretty specialist, but can anyone point me in the right direction for that, or are there any companies that offer a custom length?

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I had a curly cable into the 80s and the main problem was the considerable weight of cable dragging down on your output jack and knocking against your legs in a somewhat irritating fashion. The audio quality wasn't great either, with a fair amount of top end loss.

Never tried a lava curly but these days I prefer my cable (OBBM) to trail along the floor, not make itself a nuisance at knee height.

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