UGREEN 20716 15 m 3-Pin XLR Male-to-Female Cable

Overview

The UGREEN 20716 is a 15 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 long run suits stages, halls and larger rooms where the mixer sits well away from the microphone, and the copper shielding helps keep interference out over the distance.

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.
• 15 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 15 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.