Mogami Studio Gold XLR Cable | Review & Teardown 

Thanks for the comment.

Glad you like them!

The Mogami has a raspberry chocolate tone. The Canare is butter truffles with a hint of hazelnut

@@ramencurry6672 lol

then do the comparison yourself in person. The videos that compare the sound on RU-vid are absolutely useless for the viewers. RU-vid and all other social media platforms apply their own adjustments to the sound including compression which will eliminate the usefulness of any audio comparison you watch. unless those audio comparisons have a visual component such as a readout from a spectrum analyzer or oscilloscope, they're useless for sound comparisons using your own ears. videos like this one, in which the guy talks about the science and the physics involved are far more useful in determining quality interconnects. The science is real, sound is subjective. I've used both the canare and mogami star quad cables. when you get to the level of mogami and canare starquad, the audible quality is good. They are both at a level in which you cannot tell the difference. Golden ears are not, they are indistinguishable from one another. anyone that says otherwise are either lying or have made that determination based on other factors such as their own prejudice. Nothing about them to complain about. working down the list, you will notice a corresponding change in the quality of the audio. this basically validates that mogami, canare are better than the rest. (not counting the audiophile audiofool brands that are also very high quality produce just as great a sound as these 2 pro cables, but is sell for multiples higher price points and do stupid things like cryogenically freezing their cables or having a shaman smoke a pipe and recite some spell on them to get better sound.. that's all bull...). Belden also has great products.. and I know of quite a few professional studios that wire everything internally (in walls, floors and ceilings) with Belden cables and use mogami to connect their equipment and instruments at studio level.. Canares are most popular with musicians that bring their own cables.. I always go with Mogami personally.. I think the spiral shield is far more resilient to external forces. a braided shield is strong and provides arguably the most protection from RF than a spiral shield, but the rigidity of the cable means that every single time you coil it, you are creating more stress on the assembly.. a spiral cable has more give when coiled. using the over-under method in wrapping your cables is probably the least talked about strategy in maintaining the structure of a cable. I knew a guy that would interview job seekers for his pro audio company.. he would give them an XLR cable and ask them to coil it up. If they didn't know how to do it using the over/under method, they wouldn't get the job. anyone that acknowledges the importance of cables in the signal chain should do themselves a favor and learn the over-under method if they don't already know it..

Nice, thanks for the comment.

My pleasure 😊

Rode SMR. It's out of production now, but I still like it. You can find some on the used market still.

@@kettnercreative thx man ima try find one cuz it would look rlly clean with my setup

Every conductor.

The Mogami 2534 cable has four cores, and each core has a size of 24 AWG. From Japan.

Glad it was helpful!

Never heard of them.

The body can be grounded by splitting the shield and soldering it to the body ground tab, but it's not a common practice. You'll see in the video that that hasn't been done by Mogami. Most audio guys want the ground inside the equipment, not on the outside. Your problem is likely caused by cheap XLR connectors. Get a good cable with Neutrik connectors or build your own. Neutriks fit in mics better and aren't cheaply made.

As long as your monitors have XLR inputs.

Send it back. Monster is a ripoff.

For sure. We can add it to the list!

@@kettnercreative Great! And thanks again and Happy Thanksgiving! 😎🎸😎

They certainly can be.

There wouldn’t be a difference. Sorry, had to edit the comment, the negative phrasing was confusing.