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Cool, cool! Thanks folks, I’ve never seen such a thing. Learn something new every day here!
My confusion comes from recording studio and live sound support where microphone cable (and cables used to connect boards and devices, ideally, if the distance is more than maybe 20 ft) usually are low-z shielded cable which definitely has a heavy braid around the pair, and the locking XLR type connectors. It’s just what I’m used to seeing, I use that sort of cable even for fairly short runs in the studio. Like from my Marshall MXL mic to my little Behringer board (which is only about 5 ft) I used Belden 8412 cable. That’s a bit of “overkill”, but with something like a vocal mic (especially if you do multitrack recording) you go to some pains to make sure the signal stays as clean and as low-loss as you can get it.
So wow. It never occured to me that radio stations might use anything else, or that telephone wire could actually deliver a good signal. Neat! Though I’ll probably stick with what I know. LOL
Daniel
