Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Monoprice Premier Series XLR Male to XLR Female - 6Ft - Black - Gold Plated | 16AWG Copper Wire Conductors [Microphone & Interconnect]

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ok but wires are not 16 AWG only sleeve is thick

March 12, 2015

Good product but inside wires are not 16 awg only outer rubber sleeve is 16 AWG , has a solid mesh ground wire Outer rubber is thick

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Rob

These cables are NOT 16ga. They are tiny 24ga!

September 1, 2017

I feel cheated by Monoprice. I bought these cables by Monoprice because of their stellar reputation but they are no better then cheap Chinese cables with their overrating anything electronic. These cables are marked 16ga but they are in fact 24ga. The connectors are heavy duty and very well made but when assembled with fake wiring they are worthless. Monoprice why are you still selling these fake cables a year later? I won't ask Amazon for a refund as I rebuilt the 3 cables with real rated Belkin wire.

Anyone who trusts Monoprice after this is falling for a company that has no problem with fake products.

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SparX

test/check your cables before use! could be shorting/grounding on the inside!

May 6, 2019

Style: Premier SeriesLength: 6ftVerified Purchase

My monoprice cable came with 2 intermittent shorts at different locations. a simple continuity test from the multimeter gave me static when I flexed the cable. Turns out the grounding braided shield had loose copper strands which pierced the 2/3 lines..
These cables have nice strong quality connectors, but the cable quality itself is poor.

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rhpuck

Female Connector broke after about 10 uses.

July 28, 2019

Style: Stage Right SeriesLength: 50ftVerified Purchase

Good sound quality.
However the female connector broke (release clip snapped) after about 10 uses and 25 days after support ended.

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Gigi

It was a nice heavy cord

August 27, 2019

Style: Premier SeriesLength: 10ftVerified Purchase

Stopped working after a few uses. I used it on my microphone about 3 Sunday’s and it stopped working. I was very disappointed.

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My name

Not well shielded

May 31, 2015

Style: Premier SeriesLength: 1.5ftVerified Purchase

Allowed static from nearby electronics into my audio. Swapped to a different cable and had almost no interference. Shooting on location in a Manhattan office for several days with a lot of nearby electronic equipment and this cable did not provide shielding adequate to prevent static sounds entering my audio. Would not recommend.

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niz

May 23, 2013

Style: Premier SeriesLength: 1.5ftVerified Purchase

i might not have received exactly what i ordered. although it was 1.5 foot xlr cable, it was not gold plated so certainly don't buy for the "quality" of gold cables, but price and size and so far dependability match.

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Wayne Cox

Great feel, bad sound

February 15, 2017

Style: Premier SeriesLength: 6ftVerified Purchase

Introduced noticeable buzz into signal, fixed by replacing some extra XLR a sound engineer friend had laying around. Connectors seemed overly bulky but solid and well made.

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Oaf

Not 16AWG conductors

January 14, 2014

Style: Premier SeriesLength: 6ftVerified Purchase

I realize these cables are primarily for microphone use. However wheelchair chargers also use the same XLR plugs.
I needed an extension for the dc side of a wheelchair charger. 16 AWG would have been big enough to handle the 10A from the charger.
The first time I used the cable, it burned through. When I cut into the cable, the interior wires measured to be only 24 AWG.
This cable looks to be a nice microphone cable but it is definitely NOT 16 AWG.

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Classic Gaming Quarterly

and as much as I feel like I overpaid that one is still going strong

May 24, 2016

Style: Premier SeriesLength: 6ftVerified Purchase

Cables are only ever used in my home "studio" (calling it a studio is a stretch) and they still managed to fail after a year or two. I bought an overpriced cable at guitar center before buying this one, and as much as I feel like I overpaid that one is still going strong.

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Zewhyx

Permanently Stuck in Tascam DR-60D, 1st generation

January 23, 2015

Style: Premier SeriesLength: 6ftVerified Purchase

This cable is permanently stuck in my Tascam DR-60D mk i

I do not know how to remove it, so I just left it their. Any tips or tricks to get this out of my recorder will be greatly appreciated.

Sound quality is alright, mild humming noise in my recordings at higher amps/gains.

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