Why/how are these xlr cables different?

[Mkaram]

I bought multiple of these "clockable" xlr cables but as I was opening then to adjust their angles I found this one was different.

Most look like this:

But some are like this:

Can you see how the shield wire on pin 2 is jumped to the metal frame of the connection?

Which is correct?

 

[Anonamemouse]

Q. How should I wire XLR cables?

I’’m doing an installation in a chapel, using a Van Damme Starquad multicore running along the roof void. Should I wire each pin‑1 to the XLR shell?

www.soundonsound.com

 

[Mkaram]

Q. How should I wire XLR cables?

I’’m doing an installation in a chapel, using a Van Damme Starquad multicore running along the roof void. Should I wire each pin‑1 to the XLR shell?

www.soundonsound.com

This is very helpful, thanks!

So, in my case, I think I will remove the wire connecting 1 to the case dice since it's inconsistent with the rest of the cabling and there is no capacitor.

 

[HarmonicTHD]

This is very helpful, thanks!

So, in my case, I think I will remove the wire connecting 1 to the case dice since it's inconsistent with the rest of the cabling and there is no capacitor.

Just a wild guess. Maybe only one plug of each cable is wired like this and the other side isn’t. I mean you never know, what some manufacturers do. Did you check that?

 

[Mkaram]

Just a wild guess. Maybe only one plug of each cable is wired like this and the other side isn’t. I mean you never know, what some manufacturers do. Did you check that?

I didn't check that since I am only adjusting one connector. I'll check the other side and report back.
However, if I understood the posted article the connection to the case is perhaps not desirable without a capacitor, which is doesn't seem to have

 

[Mkaram]

To close out this thread (thanks for the education!) I opened the other side of the cables and they do bridge those pins.

So every cable is the same, except that they sometimes bridge pin 2 to case on opposite ends of the cable.

 

[dasdoing]

I will never ever use any cable without checking the wireing: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/what-the-heck-xlr-trs.37239/

 

[fpitas]

To complete the subject. It's sometimes troublesome to connect the cases of equipment directly together, because of what's called ground rise in some industries. An AC current, sometimes a quite substantial one, can then flow on the shield. Grounding one end at least offers a certain amount of shielding for electric fields. The twisted construction of the internal wires and the common mode rejection at the receive end helps reject magnetic fields.