Studiogearlover
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hey guys... this is just an interesting experiment and I would like to ask your opinion.
There are some of us who does not believe in mic or any audio cable differences at all, but interestingly I have witnessed differences myself. So I would like to some insight and would like to hear your opinion about this.
Mic pre is a Neve M88 and mic's are dynamic's for speech. Shure SM57 and EV ND's.
I have a factory made Warm audio XLR cable vs a Van De Hul high quality copper/silver soldered and custom made cable to compare.
Significant differences:
1. The custom made cable needs more gain to meet the warm audio cable at least 25% more gain
2. The warm audio cable produces more "ess"-es on recording a human voce
3. Van de Hul cable seems to be more flat, less high frequency hisses ( i thought to be the opposite due to low ohm cable producing kore HF's)
4. Noise I am not sure...the van der hul cable does like the sm57. I hear a lot of "wind wobble" noise while with the Warm audio cable is super silent
5. Th Ev ND457 mic like more the van der hul mic cable in terms of warmth, but also needs more gain to meet the warm audio cable
I am not techy so I can not explain why these cables are performing so differently. The difference is not like a little, its night and day and one with one mic sounds better than the other and vice versa. I was not paying too much attention so far for the cables but this very simple experiences and obvious differences makes me wonder...
What do you guys have on this? Would love to hear you opinions...
There are some of us who does not believe in mic or any audio cable differences at all, but interestingly I have witnessed differences myself. So I would like to some insight and would like to hear your opinion about this.
Mic pre is a Neve M88 and mic's are dynamic's for speech. Shure SM57 and EV ND's.
I have a factory made Warm audio XLR cable vs a Van De Hul high quality copper/silver soldered and custom made cable to compare.
Significant differences:
1. The custom made cable needs more gain to meet the warm audio cable at least 25% more gain
2. The warm audio cable produces more "ess"-es on recording a human voce
3. Van de Hul cable seems to be more flat, less high frequency hisses ( i thought to be the opposite due to low ohm cable producing kore HF's)
4. Noise I am not sure...the van der hul cable does like the sm57. I hear a lot of "wind wobble" noise while with the Warm audio cable is super silent
5. Th Ev ND457 mic like more the van der hul mic cable in terms of warmth, but also needs more gain to meet the warm audio cable
I am not techy so I can not explain why these cables are performing so differently. The difference is not like a little, its night and day and one with one mic sounds better than the other and vice versa. I was not paying too much attention so far for the cables but this very simple experiences and obvious differences makes me wonder...
What do you guys have on this? Would love to hear you opinions...