UGREEN 20712 5 m 3-Pin XLR Male-to-Female Cable

Overview

The UGREEN 20712 is a 5 m microphone cable with a 3-pin XLR plug at each end, one locking female and one male, for connecting a microphone to a mixer, audio interface or PA system, or for linking balanced line-level equipment. The length suits a stage microphone a few metres from the mixer, a studio or a meeting room, with copper shielding and metal connector shells.

Is it right for you?

• Suits dynamic microphones with a standard 3-pin XLR output, condenser microphones in a phantom-powered chain, and mixers, audio interfaces, preamps, recorders and cameras with full-size 3-pin XLR ports.
• Also links powered speakers, studio monitors and processors with balanced XLR line inputs and outputs.
• Not a direct fit for mini-XLR, 4-pin or 5-pin XLR, 6.35 mm, 3.5 mm, RCA, USB, speakON or optical ports.
• It is a passive cable. It does not add gain, convert to USB or power anything itself.

Key features

• One locking full-size 3-pin XLR female plug and one full-size 3-pin XLR male plug. The latch helps prevent accidental separation from a latched source.
• Passive balanced analogue connection for microphone or line-level audio when the equipment at both ends uses compatible wiring and levels.
• Copper conductors, insulation, internal filler and copper shielding to reduce interference pickup along the run.
• Flexible outer jacket and metal connector shells.
• Passes phantom power already supplied by a mixer, interface or recorder through a correctly wired XLR chain; it has no power source of its own.
• 5 m long.

What else you need

• A microphone or output device with a 3-pin XLR male connector and a mixer, interface, preamp, recorder or powered speaker with a 3-pin XLR female input.
• For a condenser microphone, equipment that supplies phantom power; the cable only passes it on.

Installation

• Plug the female end onto the microphone or source and the male end into the mixer or input. The latch on the female end locks onto the source.
• Turn phantom power off and let the circuit discharge before connecting or disconnecting, and keep speaker and headphone levels low during power-up.
• Secure floor crossings with cable covers or another venue-approved method so the 5 m run does not become a trip or snag hazard.

Before you buy

• It does not generate phantom power, microphone gain, line gain or headphone volume, and it cannot remove hum, clipping, radio interference or noise created elsewhere in the system.
• It does not convert analogue audio to USB, HDMI, optical, Bluetooth or another digital format, and it does not change pin count or connector gender.
• Not specified as a DMX lighting-control, AES3 digital-audio or passive-speaker cable. It is for low-level analogue audio, not amplifier speaker outputs or electrical power.
• Confirm that the microphone and every connected device tolerate the selected phantom-power setting.
• Remove the cable from service if pins are bent, loose, corroded or contaminated, since a damaged pin can short contacts or cause intermittent audio.