DV Info Net - Rycote Invision Video

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Originally Posted by Chad Johnson (Post 1615038)

John, those Rycote S-series XLR tails are $60.00 in the US. Though they may be superior than a cable of regular thickness, I don't think a regular cable us unusable. I wish their price point was more realistic, say, $20.00 - $25.00 US. Even with a non propitiatory cable, the Rycote clip assists in stopping the vibration from traveling up the cable to the mic does it not?

You don't have to use an S-series tail if you don't want to.

What you should do, though, is to use a thin and flexible cable.

A normal cable tends to be too stiff and transmits sound along it to the microphone - yes, the cable grip is there to decouple the upper part of the cable from the lower part - so energy coming up the cable goes into the mount base. This is then stopped from going into the mic. by the shockmount itself and the thin and flexible cable.

If the cable is not thin and flexible (or at least flexible), then the energy in the mount base gets re-transmitted up the cable to the mic..

$60 is not expensive when when it prevents noise getting to the mic. But if you want it cheaper, just buy a male and female XLR and a short length of thin and flexible cable (I think Rycote use Mogami) and solder it yourself. Though the S-series tail does have heat-shrink along the lower part to minimise cable damage by the clamp.