Originally Posted by
mostapha
This.
I've seen unbalanced mic cables, but not often. If they have XLR on both sides, they're balanced. If they're XLR-TRS cables, they're not mic cables, but they're balanced. If they're XLR-TS cables, they're unblaanced and also not mic cables.
The biggest difference between XLR-XLR mic, patch/utility, and DMX cables has to do with how big the wires are and how much impedance the cables cause. They're all basically interchangeable except that it can cause problems to use mic cables for DMX lighting.
And, again, if you're going line level to line level with unbalanced cables, it's not a huge deal. If you ran those cables into an amplifier, especially if you were actually using a microphone going into a mic preamp, you would hear it.
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