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Topic: "Microphone cables" to connect Fireface UFX II to studio monitors?

Are XLR microphone cables suitable for connecting the RME Fireface UFX II AD converter to a pair of Yamaha HS-8 studio monitors? I bought two Roland Black series (RMC-B15) microphone cables (https://www.roland.com/global/products/rmc-b3/) to connect the UFX II to the HS-8's. The package for the cables says "Microphone Cables" -- "low impedance", "low capacitance". I know they're XLR cables, so physically they would connect my UFX II and the HS-8s, but is a "microphone cable" suitable for this job? I don't know if a microphone XLR cable would differ in any way from a speaker XLR cable -- whether the impedance, capacitance or anything else matters...

  • waedi
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Re: "Microphone cables" to connect Fireface UFX II to studio monitors?

Use the same cable on the left and for the right side speaker and you are good to go.

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Re: "Microphone cables" to connect Fireface UFX II to studio monitors?

Sure, these are just regular XLR>XLR cables.

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Re: "Microphone cables" to connect Fireface UFX II to studio monitors?

Connection to active monitors is with line levels .. Not something like power amp to passive speakers.

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Re: "Microphone cables" to connect Fireface UFX II to studio monitors?

waedi wrote:

Use the same cable on the left and for the right side speaker and you are good to go.

Do you just mean use the same cables for both sides?

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Re: "Microphone cables" to connect Fireface UFX II to studio monitors?

It just means use the same type of cable. So same make and length

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