Where to buy colored mic cables

Rodgre · Post by **Rodgre** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:21 am

I would like to buy mic cables in red, white, blue, yellow, etc. instead of black black black.

Where do others go for mic cables in different colors?

Roger

unsung · Post by **unsung** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:47 am

procablesnsound.com

Pretty colors.

fromthecurve · Post by **fromthecurve** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:49 am

http://www.markertek.com/Product.asp?ba ... rch=0&off=

Also, Blue makes some decent cables in a few different colors. I have one that's, well, blue.

nlmd311 · Post by **nlmd311** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:52 am

I second the markertek.com way. I was recommended there by a ton of members of the board and haven't looked back since. I haven't tried that brand that the link directs you to, but have purchased some Canare cable from there. Right now I have some Yellow and Grey cabling floating around.

http://www.markertek.com/SearchProduct. ... &sort=prod

That's a link to the Canare bulk cable page. You could also get the quad cable...
Don't forget the connectors!

hope that helps.

-Darrill

Doublehelix · Post by **Doublehelix** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:37 am

Redco all the way baby!

http://www.redco.com

I "roll my own" btw...

Professor · Post by **Professor** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:07 pm

Canare's L-4E6S starquad cable is available in all ten resistor colors, and is available in either full spools (100meter or 200m) or in premade cables (with Neutrk black & gold XLRs) directly from Canare at "Pro Net" prices. Or any dealer that sells Canare.
Stock colors are black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, grey & white, and stock lengths of premade cables are 5, 15, 25, 50 & 100 feet.
Since I had to buy and install all the gear in my studio, I really didn't feel like soldering 50 or so of my own mic cables in addition to all the other hundreds of connections I couldn't 'out-source', so I bought their premade cables. They are gorgeous. I didn't want any black cables because I wanted to be able to identify my cables vs. client cables at a quick glance, and when travelling to locations, I figured everyone else would have black cables. I also color-coded for length, so I have a couple 5' cables in white, lots of 15' in orange & 25' in purple, some 50' in green, a couple 100' in grey, custom cables I build are in brown, and I have a few really short 1&2 footers for patching stuff in the CR in yellow. Oh, I also have their instrument cables in red for 10' and blue for 20'.
The whole system makes setup really easy, and make packing up on location a breeze. And if I ever show up at a local bar and see someone singing into a purple mic cable, I have a pretty good sense that it probably belongs to me - so I'll check it, unplug it, and take it home. (Only happened once so far with a bass player and one of my 20' blue cables.)

-Jeremy

apropos of nothing · Post by **apropos of nothing** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:26 pm

Given up on the whole "uncolored" recording thing then?

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:03 pm

Definitely Redco...I recently rewired my whole home studio with 10 different colors of Mogami console cable. Awesome!

trodden · Post by **trodden** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:49 pm

Professor wrote:Canare's L-4E6S starquad cable is available in all ten resistor colors, and is available in either full spools (100meter or 200m) or in premade cables (with Neutrk black & gold XLRs) directly from Canare at "Pro Net" prices. Or any dealer that sells Canare.
Stock colors are black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, grey & white, and stock lengths of premade cables are 5, 15, 25, 50 & 100 feet.
Since I had to buy and install all the gear in my studio, I really didn't feel like soldering 50 or so of my own mic cables in addition to all the other hundreds of connections I couldn't 'out-source', so I bought their premade cables. They are gorgeous. I didn't want any black cables because I wanted to be able to identify my cables vs. client cables at a quick glance, and when travelling to locations, I figured everyone else would have black cables. I also color-coded for length, so I have a couple 5' cables in white, lots of 15' in orange & 25' in purple, some 50' in green, a couple 100' in grey, custom cables I build are in brown, and I have a few really short 1&2 footers for patching stuff in the CR in yellow. Oh, I also have their instrument cables in red for 10' and blue for 20'.
The whole system makes setup really easy, and make packing up on location a breeze. And if I ever show up at a local bar and see someone singing into a purple mic cable, I have a pretty good sense that it probably belongs to me - so I'll check it, unplug it, and take it home. (Only happened once so far with a bass player and one of my 20' blue cables.)

-Jeremy

dude, that is so rad. I'm an organization freak so the whole color coding by length thing is awesome idea. I've got 300 ft of orange and red canare L-4E6S that i've been using to build mic cables. I"m not that great at it quite yet but its fun.

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:22 pm

Redco has amazing service.

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:14 pm

AstroDan wrote:Redco has amazing service.

Professor · Post by **Professor** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:58 pm

trodden wrote:dude, that is so rad. I'm an organization freak so the whole color coding by length thing is awesome idea. I've got 300 ft of orange and red canare L-4E6S that i've been using to build mic cables. I"m not that great at it quite yet but its fun.

I wish I could say I'm an organization freak. I try man, I really do, but that's hard.
But what I am is kinda lazy and slightly paranoid. I want less work, and I figure that every musician entering the room is going to try and steal something.
So, while I was digging through the Canare catalog and putting together orders for the initial build on the studio, I worked out the idea for the color-coding by length.
And yes, it's the best damn thing for a studio.
Totally predictable. Easiest way to keep 'em sorted. And really easy to spot from across a crowded bar.
Even the color choices were significant - instrument cables were only available in red & blue (and black). Orange and purple for the two I use most so they stand out the most on the floor or stage. Green & grey for the 50 & 100' lengths I would use at live performances. Didn't want to use yellow at all because it's usually for video, but I only have like four of those little 2' guys.
I never dig around and try to figure out whether a cable is long or short or accidentally grab the wrong length.
I did the same thing for our travelling live sound system, but instead used brown for 15 and grey for 25 so they look better on stage.

Can't recommend it enough.

-Jeremy

bap · Post by **bap** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:09 pm

Redco and Markertek.

I somehow manage to go back and forth, though not due to any dissatisfaction with either company.

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:13 pm

I find that red cables have a warmer sound.

Green cables are great when you need a hit ($$$)

Whatever you do, don't get brown cables. They sound like crap.

Doublehelix · Post by **Doublehelix** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:22 am

rolandk wrote:I find that red cables have a warmer sound.

Green cables are great when you need a hit ($$$)

Whatever you do, don't get brown cables. They sound like crap.

That was great! I actually laughed out loud at that one! Classic!!!

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