Warm Audio Audio Cables
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Warm Audio Premier XLR Audio Cables |
Warm Audio has partnered with Switzerland-based Gotham AG to provide cable stock for Warm's two new lines of audio cables called Premier and Professional--they both have lifetime warranties! These are different sets of cables based on the particular connector types that point to how they are deployed in the recording studio, live sound applications, or for connecting musical instruments. The choices of individual cable lengths and connector types are nearly the same for both lines.
There are XLR-to-XLR cables used for connecting microphones and other equipment in the studio that range from 3 to 50-feet, ¼-inch TRS-to-TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) balanced cables ranging from 3 to 20-feet, XLR male-to-TRS and XLR female-to-TRS balanced adapter cables in 3 and 6-foot lengths, plus 3 or 6-foot speaker interconnect cables made using Gotham Audio GAC-SPK with 0.15mm diameter (14-gauge) stranded copper wire that's covered with a heavy PVC jacket.
Warm Audio also has two different sets of 1/4-inch instrument/guitar cables in both the Pro and Premier lines. They range in lengths from 0.5-feet to 25-feet and you have a choice between right angle and straight 1/4-inch connectors.
The Premier cables have connectors with gold plated pins; a tough braided outer cover material, and four conductors. There are two conductors used for the balanced signal's "+" lead and two more for the "-" lead that are spiral wrapped using the "starquad" technique. Star-quad cables offer superior magnetic field noise rejection for any balanced line. Noise rejection is essential for conveying sensitive, low level signals such as those coming from microphones.
Premier TRS Audio Cables |
Although you don't get the Premier line's extras and features, the Professional cables do use the GAC line of Gotham cable stock for all the cables--it is the classic "Neumann Wire" formulation. The Professional cables use silvery steel pins in the connectors.
I liked that the soldered connections inside all the connectors are further protected with heat-shrink tubing that forestalls any possible corrosion. The connectors look similar to a Neutrik and have screw-on strain reliefs that compresses around the end of the cable in the XLRs and, in the ¼-inch TRS and TS connectors, it's crimped solidly in place.
I found these cables to work well in my studio just like any of the professionally made cables I already own or that I had made myself. I received two 20-ft Premier XLR cables and found the braided outer cover made them roll up easier into coils and the added stiffness makes them lay flat on the floor too.
The Premier cables are also much tougher than mic cables I've made using regular L-4E6S Star Quad Canare stock. I would rather have the Premier cables out in the studio where cartage trunks and other 'rolling stock' easily cut through most mic cables.
Next I tried a 10-foot Professional instrument cable and found it flexible and very quiet even when plugged into my guitar amp running a high gain set up. I found no high frequency loss difference between it and my 3-ft test cable fitted with Neutrik connectors.
For the Professional cables, MAP prices range from $19.99 MAP for a 3-ft XLR cable to $71.99 for a 50-ft cable. The Premier cables range in MAP price from $39.99 for a 3-ft XLR to $112.99 for a 50-ft XLR cable.
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