the sssnake SM10BL

On the face of it what is the point of buying a product that comes largely in black and of which most of us have many metres of it. I speak of XLR male to female microphone cable that is not black ! The reason for deviating from the ever present black cable came about when I was checking the cable runs for a live recording session of a large choir, where to my horror one of the musicians had covered the cables with tape for understandable health and safety reasons; however with only twenty minutes to go before the start of the concert panic set in as I had to trace back the runs to sort out a problem with one microphone.
The problem or the potential possibility of having the same trouble in the future has now been solved not by doing away with all my stock of black XLR cable but by introducing an element of colour so that at short notice I can know where I am with the setup.
Further, in simpler set ups I now use coloured cable and ask the colleague who assists me to have yellow cable for the sound-stage left and blue to the right with a touch of red in the middle, if that is where the lead singer is. Colours do make a difference and simplify cable runs to advantage !!
I would give the product a five star rating but I should really wait say three years to see cable has any long term faults which would seem unlikely given inspection of it.

There are only 2 kinds of mic cable really.. Those that are good enough, and those that are not. This one is good enough, and reasonably priced. It sounds the same as my Neutrik/Belden or Cannon/Belden cables, and, unless abused, should stay sounding good for a while.

The pros: it's "good enough" that I can't tell the difference, is competetively priced, and looks good too. (but why none in Green? I like Green for stereo pairs, Port and Starboard!) - good enough I'll be slipping a few more on my next order.

The cons: Ooops.. Sorry, can't find any. :-)

Want a good enough 10M M/F XLR cable? This is one.

I bought this lead in case we needed a longish lead to say take a DI out one amp to another, or similar, and it does the job. That's all I ask of it !

To get a 10 metre lead with connectors both ends and made up for less than a fiver has to be good value. The metal connectors look as if they will live through the regular traumas of being dropped, stood on or having equipment piled on them. The cable looks ok, and has certainly given no problems thus far. But it is a little thinner than some other cables I have used, and I am not counting on a long life. But in fairness I didn't expect anything more at the price.

For infrequent use it's fine, and well worth the small cost to have a useful lead kicking around 'just in case'. However, if you want a lead for regular use, I suggest its worth paying a little more. I've used the Pro snake range, and suggest that the extra cost in these circumstances is well worth it in terms of reliability and peace of mind.

The feel of these cables is not necessarily one that speaks of top quality but they have so far been good enough at delivering the output required in a church environment. They are used in conjunction with a patch panel, stage box and 50m multicore to a Spirit LX analogue mixing desk. Most often they are used with a SM58 vocal mic. Quality of sound is good - although you can't always account for bad singers! It is yet to be proved how long they will last when not always looked after but I worked on the principle that the volunteers weren't going to look after any cable better than another so it wouldn't hurt as much to replace a budget cable.