the sssnake XLR Patchcable 0,9

I needed some short XLR patch cables for my rack and din't want to make any myself (I am obviously getting lazy as I am getting older) so I took a punt and bought these.

So we are looming at around 2¤ per cable, My Neutrik plugs (when I do build my own cables) alone cost most than that. The plugs are OK, I have had issues with the barrels twisting and the locking pins not aligning which is a pain, but one in place I get the feeling that they are happy if they are not used.

For applications where the plugs are going in and out all of the time, I would not give these a very ling lifespan, but for permanent installations they are fine and do the job.

So if you are desperate and feeling a little pokey on the money side of things they are OK, but if your gig relies on them then go for something a little more substantial (or make them yourselves).

....... they they are OK .... that's about it.

We ordered two sets of these cables to patch our Art 8 channel splitters to our Soundcraft UI16 12 XLR inputs. (The other splits go FOH.)
Having coloured cables is such a good thing because it makes the separation of instruments so easy. Four of them are stereo so we had to put a small R and L sticker to the cable heads but it was no problem. Now everything is patched together in a 6U rack box, patch cables are fixed with plastic quick fixers, so the system is stabile not only from electrical but from mechanical point of view also.
I would never make patch cables from parts again.

serves 1001 purposes... cheap enough so that if one is broken you'll have another 2 ready to replace it.

cheap but it feels quite alright and for permanent set ups they should live long and not cause trouble. I used them for home studio applications but also for emergency xlr extensions for small live gigs when some cable is not long enough but i dont want to make it then reaaaaly long.
also great if you have for example a xlr splitter FOH and monitors, making some easy connection from splitter to monitor mixer or splitter multicore etc... be creative! use them for outboard gear!