studio monitors

anonymous 23 February 2005

hey guys probably the worst question ever i know the answer but i just wanna know for sure from pressionals, when connecting monitors you use speaker cables right? can you use mic cables cause thats what the guy at a music store gave to my mother idk why but he did?

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If they're active (powered) monitors, you'll likely be using bal

Massive Mastering Wed, 02/23/2005 - 12:51

If they're active (powered) monitors, you'll likely be using balanced or XLR cable.

If the signal is going to an amplifier THEN to the speakers, you'll use speaker cable.

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ok so then the mic cables are right?

anonymous Wed, 02/23/2005 - 13:31

ok

so then the mic cables are right?

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Yes, if you have XLR in, self-powered monitors, then running XLR

wwittman Wed, 02/23/2005 - 14:30

Yes, if you have XLR in, self-powered monitors, then running XLR mic cables is fine (as it's not carrying high power, power amp output, anyway)

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