bonzodog Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) I always use XLR leads for mics in our band and although if I'm honest I don't fully understand why they are better other than the noise reduction issues they work better as I can use same leads for mics and active speaker leads. In another project i am doing i have a radio mic receiver and a media player with Mic input housed together in a 2U flight case. I want it all to be pre-wired but the problem is when I put the covers back on the front of the flight case the Mic lead sticks out quite a bit when plugged into the media player and is rubbing on the inside of the cover. Both the radio mic and media player can accept jack leads and i have a few L shaped Jack leads which would be ideal but I've never used jack leads for mics. am I likely to see a loss in quality or volume? As they are in same case the lead only needs to be a few inches long and the Mic is only being used for talking not singing. Not sure if you can get L shaped XLR leads. Thanks in advance Edited October 31, 2017 by bonzodog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 You can get right-angle XLR leads Neutrik make them in both [url=http://www.neutrik.co.uk/en-uk/xlr/rx-series/nc3frx]female[/url] and [url=http://www.neutrik.co.uk/en-uk/xlr/rx-series/nc3mrx]male[/url] versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 As above... or if you fancy a project.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-XI6doQWIM For that length of cable, you shouldn't be able to hear any difference between a balanced mic run vs unbalanced jack run. Having said that, I don't know what the units are - but they may be expecting a balanced connection over a jack using a TRS jack. Have you got any further info about the components? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I have some brand new generic right-angle male and female XLRs which are £1 each plus postage if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 Thanks for the advice so far. I think I will set it up tonight and try it with one of my jack leads. The problem I suppose with a right angle XLR is there are knobs either side of the input so at least a jack can be swivelled around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) [quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1509473298' post='3399267'] Thanks for the advice so far. I think I will set it up tonight and try it with one of my jack leads. The problem I suppose with a right angle XLR is there are knobs either side of the input so at least a jack can be swivelled around. [/quote] IIRC the better right-angle XLRs allow the body to be rotated to each of the four 90° positions when you assemble it. Edited October 31, 2017 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1509474247' post='3399278'] IIRC the better right-angle XLRs allow the body to be rotated to each of the four 90° positions when you assemble it. [/quote] Not true for all makes of right-angle XLRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 [quote name='obbm' timestamp='1509475117' post='3399289'] Not true for all makes of right-angle XLRs. [/quote] Probably not, but I'm pretty sure that all the Neutik ones I've bought over the years are capable of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Are the jack sockets balanced? Because right angle TRS leads are easier to find and then you'd still have all the high-gain, noise free stuff that you want from XLRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_sub Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 To address one of the OP questions, there should not be any volume loss between XLR and TRS formats - i.e. both balanced cable runs, and it's just different connections. I doubt you're using phantom power microphones, however definitely avoid putting 48 volts down a TRS cable! There would be signal loss (6db) if you used a regular (mono) TS jack instead of XLR / TRS formats, and a higher noise floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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