Hypex interconnects at Audiophonics.

[Platypus20]

Sure I can see it with mics and a lot of gain. I have never seen a singer hold a mic while recording in a studio. I would think the mic handling noise would be a bigger concern than triboelectrics.
Why is this not a problem with guitar cables? Lots of gain into very high impedances.

I’ve seen Roger Daltrey beat the hell out of a mic cable on occasion, but that was live

 

[restorer-john]

What specifically is "DIY" about the cables?

 

[Joffy1780]

What specifically is "DIY" about the cables?

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You have to plug them in yourself.

 

[Matias]

These are Neutrik XLR connectors and they don't offer then in rhodium plated AFAIK. Probably some typo.

 

[restorer-john]

These are Neutrik XLR connectors and they don't offer then in rhodium plated AFAIK. Probably some typo.

Maybe they are fake Chinesium quality "Newtrick" brand.

 

[BlackTalon]

This is odd. Some of the same people who brought us the budget-friendly Molo Mola Tambaqui -- which barely costs more than an Apple Dongle -- developed some cables that sell for ridiculous amounts of money???

 

[Sokel]

These are Neutrik XLR connectors and they don't offer then in rhodium plated AFAIK. Probably some typo.

Rhodium is only offered for their RCA,not XLR.
And it makes SOME sense as the RCA get way worst frictions to plug in and out.

(at some point it's almost a test for some cheap devices which after some plug in/out with some nice gripping ones like Amphenols plugs their gold connectors turn to black or silver )

 

[Waxx]

Rhodium is only offered for their RCA,not XLR.
And it makes SOME sense as the RCA get way worst frictions to plug in and out.

(at some point it's almost a test for some cheap devices which after some plug in/out with some nice gripping ones like Amphenols plugs their gold connectors turn to black or silver )

It's odd that devices that are often connected and deconnected, like dj equipment for mobile rigs, don't have them. I worked in that sector for over 10 years as tech and none of the dj mxiers and players (at that time mostly technics SL1200's. And modern players (Pioneer CDJ, controllers, ...) don't have them neighter, even if they cost a lot.

A hifi installation is not broken up and set up again all the time, so they surely don't need that. It's just being fancy. RCA plugs, even basic ones, don't break when used right. And if they brake, it's not the mechanical plug, but the connector to the cable from the plug (where it's soldered or screwed). Idem with XLR, the metal conducting parts are mostly not the problem, the plastic parts are those who crack and brake down.

 

[Nils030]

This is odd. Some of the same people who brought us the budget-friendly Molo Mola Tambaqui -- which barely costs more than an Apple Dongle -- developed some cables that sell for ridiculous amounts of money???

Which converter are you referring to?

 

[BlackTalon]

sorry about the typo -- Mola Mola Tambaqui. $13.4k or so...

 

[Nils030]

sorry about the typo -- Mola Mola Tambaqui. $13.4k or so...

No that one I got, I meant what is the budget version of it?

 

[Waxx]

Mola Mola is not Bruno Putzeys, he just developped devices for them as consultant, a bit like he did with Hypex (but then as employee i thought). He is not the guy behind the brand, it's a Dutch brand owned by the family of the founder Jan-Peter Van Amerongen (also the founder of Hypex), who hired Bruno to develop those dacs and amps. Bruno is probally shareholder, but not really busy with the company as his focus is now on Purifi and Kii Audio, the two brands that he initiaded (with others). As far as i understood he just develops the devices, that were build and sold by the Jan-Peter van Amerongen (untill his dead in 2021). Who runs it now is not clear, but his family still owns the companies Hypex and Mola Mola and the management was already passed to others years before his dead as he was sick. Jan-Peter and Bruno know each other as both worked for Philips decades ago.

And Bruno Putzeys does not necessarily make cheap things, his Kii Audio Tree BXT speaker also costs 35K and Purifi drivers are also not cheap... His goal is not to make things cheap, but to make (expensive or not) things worth their price with good engineering.

And the Mola Mola devices are quiet old already, most were done in the early years of the brand founded in 2012, and are over 10 years old.