when in the studio someone tripped over to cable ripping it out of the mic, the mic was a SE x1T Valve mic ( fantastic mic for what you pay... if you can find one !!) what it did was not only rip from the connector but also stretch the cable so tore the strands inside so the original cable had no reinforcement to stop this, so here we are buying this cable to replace it, great cable to work with when soldering it all the plastic sleeve does not melt down the wire leaving just a mess and the cable is also good quality, well.. its done the job perfect is strong and i am really happy with it ( and got a bit longer :-)...)