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I'm going to try to pick up the same thing. If you look at the video they seem very well built & have locking inputs which Proco doesn't have at double the price.

 

I bought the seismic, it fell apart after plug and unplugging a few times in my home studio. I am sure you can take it apart and tighten each every screw and use the locknut on it, but it is a pain in the arse.

 

I bought both of my snakes from Audiopile.net and couldn't be happier; they've served me faithfully and well for over a decade.

 

I have a Whirwind 16X3. I bought it in 1978 or so and I still use it. I've had to repair a few of the connections to connectors over the years, but that's normal wear and tear.

 

Audiopile, or used Horizon, Rapco, CBI, Whirlwind (or Audiopile). If it's for gigs, get at least 100' - sometimes that barely cuts it.

 

Just ordered a Seismic Audio 12/4 50' along with a TON of their cables
I figure with a 6 pack of 25'ers I can run those to the snake from the rack IF I need to extend beyond that but we're a crap cover band that hasn't even played a gig yet

 

Not sure one can compare Seismic to EWI/Audiopile (EWI being clearly the better unit), but I understand budget issues.

I’ve never owned/used longer than a 50’ snake, even when playing rather large rooms or outdoors. Not saying it wouldn't have been nice a few times.

New band we’ll be using a digital mixer with an ipad dealio, so we won’t have to worry ‘bout that.

 

Check out OSP Elite Core snakes as well. They have neutrik connectors and even a spare line in the sanke if you'd even need it. We bought one last summer and it seems to be every bit as sturdy as the Horizon snake at the church.

Pro Audio Stage Snakes | Elite Core Audio

OSP Elite Core Snakes Part1 - YouTube

 

I've had a Carvin snake for going on ten years. I have no complaints.

 

I bought a split snake from Audiopile and it worked flawlessly. The owners are some good people to deal with.

 

I picked up a 50' OSP from the 'bay a couple of yeras ago. Not bad but almost always too short. Picked up a used 100' Carvin and it's built like a tank.

I've had several dealings with the Audiopile guys and I'd buy from them as well.

Do yourself a favor spring for the 100 footer...

 

Whatever snake I get, first thing I do is add strain reliefs everywhere.

 

Our keyboard player/vocalist custom built the snake that we use. He used the absolute highest quality materials available at the time. Looks better than the stuff on the market today. He really put some serious effort and thought into every aspect of that snake. Not one single hiccup since 1981. And,it was considerably cheaper,too.

 

we just recently got a cheap snake from these guys

XSPRO 12 x 4 Channel 50' Pro Audio Low Profile Stage Snake - Sigler Music Center

i'm curious how their price compares. one channel was bad, and they replaced the whole unit, no questions asked (and they paid shipping both ways).

there's a video of the construction there... have had no problems. i think they use a circuit board - don't know if that is anything to be concerned about.

 

There's a good reason why pro snakes don't have locks - only the cheap-arse ones do.

 

what reason is that?

 

I just saw that I got called out on that... I'd like to know as well Roadkill (Personally I preferred Shadow or Thumper to Roadkill

 

It makes it a PITA to unplug all them cables from the snake at the end of the night and sooner or later one will fail and you'll have a cable stuck into your snake . They don't do you any good on a stage box - friction and gravity holds them in just fine. In fact I don't think I've ever seen a mixer with locks either...