D'Addario Accessories Modular Snake DB25 Core, 10 feet

I know professional audio cables have to be of a certain quality to bring your professional studio equipment to the pinnacle of operation, so I was quite skeptical when I saw the price of these cables. I bought a DB25 8 channel cable previous to this brand (that was almost 3 times the price) because I needed a cable with DB25 connection at both ends. I have to say,I cannot tell the difference between the two. I have an Orion 32 (an already clean 32-ch converter) and with the Planet Wave cables, I get super clean audio. I haven't had any pops, clicks, or hum to date. I was so impressed, I bought additional cables to reconfigure my studio to include outboard gear. The great thing is these cables are modular. I'm amazed at the build quality of these cables too. Not to say that the cable I have that was 3 times the price was not good, but for some reason, I feel like the build quality of the Planet Wave cables was just as professional. I'm very satisfied with these cables, especially for the price.

I have at least a hundred of these snakes in my studio. Out of all of those, I only ever found two cables with a bad channel. I tested them extensively against Mogami snakes. At extremely high gain over a long run, one picked up a tiny bit more radio, and one was a little more microphonic; both were very good. The only downside is the molded connector, which is a bit thick (and a tight fit on my db25 patch panels) and impossible to repair.

Buying cabling for my studio is so expensive. These D’Addario db25 cables have been wonderful! If you have equipment with lots of db25 connections, these are pretty much your only option short of spending thousands of dollars on VK, Jumperz, or the rest. They seem to be well made and I’ve never had a problem with a single channel. They even seat better in my SSL and UA Apollo than some of the more expensive cables.

Does exactly what its supposed to

I perform live as a soloist/1manBand... I play 2 guitars, keys, tracks on an Ipod so I have a lot of stuff to hook up. I was into the idea of snake cables to it all and made my last one with the little brass connections that are solder less. Those are ok, but the connection does go bad and you have to keep trimming the cable back to make the new connection. I still found that I had to plug into all of the pedals and wore those connectors out. I also run all in stereo for a great sound from processors and this time I used small xlr type cable that shares the ground and has 2 inside signal cables for interconnection. The Planet Waves does have 8 cables, each with a ground/shield and 2 signal wires, set up for XLR or stereo...this totals 24 of the 25 available in the D connector end. This time I took the pedal board that has my track volume, guitar effects, vocal harmonizer and keyboard sustain and attached the open wire end of this Planet Waves system to that end. I glued the D connector to the end of the broad where it will meet the cable with two D connectors. This comes in two lengths 5 and 10 feet I believe. Then the other end where my rack is has another D connector tie wrapped and the open wire end has 1/4 inch and xlr connectors I soldered custom as I did for the pedal board end. I simply set every thing down, open my rack cases where the 5 foot cable stays connected and plug it into the pedal board. I ran a separate extension cable that is hardwired in the rack and goes down to the pedal board where I plug in a male ac cord that supplies power to the 2 ac adapters. You want to keep AC running separate to the signals or else you can get hum..but I did tape the run down to the pedal board next to the planet waves cord and it seems that the shielding they use does its job as I did not get any AC hum induced. Now the big advantage besides a heap of time saved unwrapping and wrapping connectors, cables etc. is that these plugs are plugged in once at the pedal board and all of the connections are saved the wear of constantly being plugged in and unplugged... and the Planet waves D connectors have a much longer life of this type of wear...and when they go bad..I have 2 spare lines in the Planet Waves cable unused...or I just replace the one cable. I play on the beach a lot and have constant salt mist and often get rained on to boot... I expect this is a durable and fast set up solution especially if you are using it around a studio or dry/clean environment. I am glad that Planet Waves has this system...did not find anything else like it and did not want to try to solder a D connector without a big expensive machine to help... The connectors are very reasonably priced for any experimentation.. If you wire them the same you can have a 2nd back up rack that everything plugs into for different volume gigs or just if a rack goes down. I plan to buy another D with bare ends and a double D and do just that with my old rack.I most always find Amazon has the best price and is hassle free when it comes to returning stuff. PayPal and EBay on the other hand, if you have a problem...well contact is like sending a Carrier Pigeon to the Moon.

The price is good and it works fine. Sturdy construction. I wish they (they as in all of these companies) made the grip on the screws with a more aggressive knurling. The point is to make the screws easier to tighten/loosen. Might also be cool to put a slot across the tip of the screw so that you can use a flathead screwdriver.

Bought these not quite knowing what to expect as far as quality. The connectors are better than on my Mogami cables and hook up securely and easily. Way more easy to hook up than my Mogami snakes. They seem durable and well made and for the price it's a no brainer. For a Mogami it was $165 for one. These were $15.95 each! I'll take these any day of the week no matter what the price is. Highly recommended.

Feels well made. Not many have such thick wires inside.

These are amazing . Bought 6 five foot of the regular db25-db25 ends for a patchbay. And one db25 to trs to connect to interface line ins. Glad I didn’t go mogami. (Lifetime warranty not transferable on cables) so don’t buy used. These are Way cheaper and perfect quality. Read the ends are to thick to put side by side/ On top of one another Not on my Redco 96.

cumplidor, buen armado, pero le falta calidad al cable, pero era para salir del paso

Werken zoals het hoort en zijn volgens de Tascam standaard. Gebruikt voor een Presonus 4848 interface naar een mixer

I use it for mixing. Running through my UAD to summing mixer!

Cavo davvero di ottima qualità, molto affidabile.