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Re: Mic cable

Nick wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Sorry for such a newbie question, but I'm really having a tough time
> being sure of which mic cable to get for my nady starpower 1 mic. I
> don't know what hi-z and lo-z mean 


don't worry, lo-z just means low impedance.
The only reason a mic cable would be hi-z( high impedance) is that
it's made with very cheap wires that don't conduct well.

So when you see lo-z I reckon it means
"hey, you noticed this is a cheap cable, but we'd like to assure
that this isn't one of those really cheap cables that lose half your
signal and hum a lot."


When MF are refering to "for hi-z mics" they mean that it's an unbalanced
cable, you can't use it with a condenser mic (because of phantom power).
That would be good for your mic & the Kaoss pad, as far as I can tell from 
the Korg website.

So, based on all that, this *looks* ok

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Horizon-HZ-Series-Cable-Female-XLR-to-Male-14?sku=336121

and pick the shortest cable that's still long enough.

andy butler
ps, so maybe if they say lo-z, they mean "for a condenser mic", i.e. 
balanced.