Customer Reviews

iStudioLink Microphone - 12 ft. Cable (XLR to 1/8? stereo mini plug)

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1 star:		(2)

 

 

Superb! This XLR to stereo 3.5mm cable is very heavy duty. The online images truly do NOT do it justice. When I opened the package I was very pleasantly surprised to see a thick/heavy cable that is very capable of being stepped on, walked on, and YES! even tripped over!!! The end connections are extremely tight fitting and I have never lost sound to any mic hooked into it, whether hooked to my computer or cameras, it really holds up to the abuses I put it through. I've already recommended it to friends that podcast and V-Cast just as I do. Don't change a thing with this product. It's fine just the way it is right now. I hope to be buying a wide variety of lengths for the many uses I'll be needing them for in the very near future.

Excellent Buy!
Dr. Craig A. Benham, PhD

This cable is exactly what it says and works perfectly. I'm using a Rode NTG-2 a Tascam DR-1 and it sounds beautiful.

This cable is exactly what it says and nothing more. The more popular application use for this product is to hook up to a XLR microphone and connect to an input. Seeing that there is a 1/8" stereo mini cable on the other end makes it tempting to hook directly to a camcorder or a computer, but that isn't what this cable is for. XLR mics need a preamp to function correctly, and some even need phantom power (usually +48 volts) to output correctly. Computers and camcorders generally do not have real preamps built in, resulting in a very quiet mic. The preamp takes a microphone output and amplifies it to a line level output that you can hear with headphones or input into your computer or camcorder. This cable won't replace a preamp.

Zero stars is exactly what this cable is worth but unfortunately Amazon makes me give it one star. On paper it sounds great, but the output level is so low that neither my Mac nor my camcorder pick up the sound. I have returned the cable immediately.

I bought the cable with the intent of using it to hook up a microphone to my camcorder. However, the volume of the audio comes in too low with this cable. I ended up sending it back.