Elixir cables?

Tropic · #1 06-24-2010, 07:39 PM

I've heard Elixir makes good cables so I'm wondering if I should pay the $35.99 for a 10' cable or go with another brand. Right now I'm using a no name crap cable that came with my bass. I'm trying to stay away from Monster.

http://www.firstqualitymusic.com/sf_...8/p_92210.aspx

SB Dog · #2 06-24-2010, 07:53 PM

I guess it is a matter of personal preference.

I have an Elixir cable, and I really like it. It does not tangle easily, has a great warrenty, and has not developed a memory from coiling it up.

bongomania · #3 06-24-2010, 07:58 PM

I have an Elixir cable and I like it a lot. Durable and sounds great. That said...

Cables are a tricky business, because (a) there's a lot of fraud and snake oil out there, but simultaneously (b) a very low-capacitance cable will sound different from a very high-capacitance cable of the same length. And the human brain will generally "hear" what it expects to hear, almost entirely regardless of the air-waves that actually vibrate our eardrums. So there's a weird mix of reality and fantasy going on, which results in some very heated debates in the forum.

The "answer"? You just have to go with what sounds good to you, regardless of whether it is "supposed to sound good" from the ad copy and the reviews and the online arguments. This is true no matter whether you generally side with the skeptics or the believers.

Tropic · #4 06-24-2010, 08:43 PM

Well then I think I'm going to go for it, thanks for the replies.

bobcruz · #5 06-25-2010, 10:34 AM

Some of us who got free Elixir cables posted our thoughts about them in this thread:

Free Elixir 20ft cable

My quick take: sounds great, well made, don't like the stiff jacket, but can't beat the price (free!).

Tropic · #6 06-25-2010, 10:42 AM

Yeah I barely missed it when they were free. I'm still made at all of you who got them free!

Soul Power · #7 06-25-2010, 10:44 AM

I've got one, and it's the most durable cable I've ever owned.

M0ses · #8 06-25-2010, 10:46 AM

I find more often than not, you'd rather have a straight plug than a right angle.

Tropic · #9 06-25-2010, 11:05 AM

Why do say that?

BassmanPaul · #10 06-25-2010, 11:51 AM

Personally I prefer to have a right angle plug on the instrument end. I've not tried the Elixir cables but I did get a Planet Waves one. This successfully broke the input jacks on two of my basses so I chucked it.

Paul

bongomania · #11 06-25-2010, 11:57 AM

The only time it makes sense to have a straight plug on the instrument end is if you have a Strat-type recessed jack. In every other case, having a straight plug at the bass end is just asking for damage to the jack as well as whatever the jack is mounted to.

Tropic · #12 06-25-2010, 12:00 PM

That was my thinking too, unless you have a jack that goes in to the instrument like some Ibanez, that's why I was thinking angled since my input jack is on the side of my bass.

svtb15 · #13 06-25-2010, 01:18 PM

I have one. It sounds great... BUT it feels rather stiff, and wonder what it will be like in the winter.. I dont like when a cable doesn't lay flat when unrolled... we will see.

fullrangebass · #14 06-25-2010, 01:31 PM

It's the cable that always gets gigged constantly, sounds great, and never has failed me