Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

You'd be surprised. Some time ago I made up 100v line XLR cables using
ordinary mains 2 core flex. Cheaper than screened cable. And found
one in use with a dynamic hand mic - because it was a nice shiny
white, rather than the more usual mic cable grey or black. And
apparently worked just fine. In other words it's the balancing that
gives the majority of the rejection of spurious stuff.


I'm told that Cat 5 Ethernet cable also works great for audio if you need
several channels, presumably because the pairs are tightly twisted. The
other advantage is that it is relatively cheap.