Monoprice 3ft Premier Series XLR Female to 1/4in TRS Male Cable, 16AWG (Gold Plated)
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will this work with a reference monitor?
A shopper
on Aug 19, 2019
BEST ANSWER: This cable has a female XLR which means your source; sound card, mixer, USB Interface, etc, will have the XLR Out and your monitor has 1/4" input. If your source is XLR then I would look into a full XLR cable Like our new StarQuad Cable. If your source is the 1/4" connector be sure it will support a TRS connection, your manual will say balanced 1/4". and you will need the TRS 1/4" to a male XLR
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- Dave L Staff on Aug 20, 2019

Stage Right by Monoprice 10ft XLR Male to 1/4inch TRS Male 16AWG Cable (Gold Plated)

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BEST ANSWER: This cable has a female XLR which means your source; sound card, mixer, USB Interface, etc, will have the XLR Out and your monitor has 1/4" input. If your source is XLR then I would look into a full XLR cable Like our new StarQuad Cable. If your source is the 1/4" connector be sure it will support a TRS connection, your manual will say balanced 1/4". and you will need the TRS 1/4" to a male XLR
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- Dave L Staff on Aug 20, 2019

Stage Right by Monoprice 10ft XLR Male to 1/4inch TRS Male 16AWG Cable (Gold Plated)

Stage Right by Monoprice STARQUAD XLR Microphone Cable, Optimized for Analog Audio - Gold Contacts, XLR-M to XLR-F, 24AWG, 10FT, Black
Though your question is overly broad and aspecific, I will attempt to answer it. A stage monitor typically uses Speakon connectors, so no to stage monitor. A studio monitor may have XLR, or 1/4" TRS (balanced inputs) so, in many cases, yes. But it also matters what source you are using. I presume a control room out or monitor out on a mixer? Check your output panel and your inputs on the speaker itself first before purchase. Assuming you did all that, then YES, this patch delivers Excellent quality sound to hopefully a pair of high end studio monitors (meaning you need 2 cables) with Gold Plated connectors for maximum conmection, low injected noise threshold. Hope that answers your question. Also 3ft works great if your monitor is sitting closeby to your rack appliance, but maybe consider 6ft lengths or longer if not the case.
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- AARON B on Aug 19, 2019
- Purchased on Dec 9, 2018
Yes, I use them with my Adam AX7s and they are great. I replaced Mogami cables with these and I love them. I learned about these cables from my son who is a sound engineer for Disney. Disney buy these in bulk because they are excellent quality for the price. Check out this comparison from ezvid.wiki titled 10 Best XLR Cables 2018. I strongly recommend these cables that cost a fraction of the price compared to Mogami and Canaire.
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- Eddie O on Aug 20, 2019
- Purchased on Apr 6, 2019
I just tried to test this out and it's the wrong XLR connector for my monitors/PA. I'd need the XLR male connector to make this work. (Yamaha HS8 monitors). I'm using 2 TRS/TRS male cables between my interface/monitors from mono. I'd expect the male version to work as it just needs to be a balance cable.
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- Matthew B on Aug 20, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 14, 2019
In this case as the wire is 16 awg it should be sufficient to carry the low wattage requirement for reference. Keep the run short, <25 feet. It's a matter of distance and amount of power. These are questions you must research to find accurate answers to related to individual demands.
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- Gearmode on Aug 20, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 20, 2019
You mean for mixing? I don't see why not. I believe these are what I am using to connect my mixing monitors to my interface, which I using for recording, mixing and mastering
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- John G on Aug 22, 2019
- Purchased on May 3, 2019
If your reference monitor has a quarter inch audio input, tip ring sleeve… And your audio source is a line level male XLR, then this should work just fine.
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- Larry B on Aug 20, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 4, 2019
Yes, these are high quality cables. I use them in my home studio with excellent results.
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- David L on Aug 20, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 14, 2019
so long as you're going 1/4" to XLR yes, the 1/4" is balanced but that shouldn't matter.
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- John G on Aug 20, 2019
- Purchased on Mar 26, 2019
Yes - assuming the monitor is self-powered
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- STEVE W on Aug 20, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 27, 2019
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I purchased a 3ft Premier Series XLR Female to 1/4inch TRS Male 16AWG Cable (Gold Plated), I have a Micromon MA 400 that says I need a 1/4" Unbalanced/stereo TRS or Unbalanced /mono TS, will this cable work since it's balanced?
anthony b
on Feb 7, 2017
BEST ANSWER: You can technically use a mic cable for a stereo unbalanced signal BUT, both channel conductors would be inside the same shield. It MAY give you crosstalk issues between channels. It would be BEST to use a Siamese style cable so each channel has its own shield. As for connectors, it makes no difference what you use. 3 conductor XLRS are used all the time.
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- William B on Feb 11, 2017
BEST ANSWER: You can technically use a mic cable for a stereo unbalanced signal BUT, both channel conductors would be inside the same shield. It MAY give you crosstalk issues between channels. It would be BEST to use a Siamese style cable so each channel has its own shield. As for connectors, it makes no difference what you use. 3 conductor XLRS are used all the time.
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- William B on Feb 11, 2017
It should work since you are going better. If it required balanced and you were going unbalanced, that might be a problem.
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- Timothy R on Feb 7, 2017
- Purchased on Jun 22, 2016
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Am trying to extend my fm transmitter cord and need this to plug into the headphone jack on the sound board and then into the transmitter. Is this what I need?
A shopper
on Jun 15, 2020
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I used these to connect two microphones to a USB audio interface. There was much more static background noise with these than the cables they replaced, and when the cables were physically touched you can hear strange noises in the system. I am RMA'ing these. I've always been happy with the cables I purchased from Monoprice, so I was surprised to find that these are of poor quality.
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