Analysis Plus Yellow Oval Mic Cable

Analysis Plus Yellow Oval Mic Cable

Done by Davis Keefer, Jazz Stream Records

The purpose of this test was to find out if I could hear the difference between an average $20.00 mic cable and the Analysis Plus $100.00 (Yellow) mic cable.

Analysis Plus was kind enough to send me three twenty foot mic cables, two ten foot guitar cables and three three foot guitar cables, (all yellow).

I was hired to do a live recording of a jazz trio called 16 Strings (two guitars and bass) and they consented to helping me do the test.

The recording was made using a Mackie MDR 24/96 w / analog interface cards set at 24/96, True Precision 8 mic pre's, Countryman DI's on each instrument, and a KM 105 on the nylon string guitar. we first recorded the band using the Analysis Plus mic cables on the two DI's for the guitars and on the KM 105. we also used the Analysis Plus Guitar cables from instrument to DI and from DI to Guitar amps. no special cables were used on the bass.

The first item of note is that both of our guitar players immediately noticed an improvement in the sound of their instruments through their respective amps.

We then recorded the same song using conventional mic cables (quad cables from a pro audio store) and also ask our players to switch back to their own guitar cables. All settings on the instruments, mic pre's and recorder stayed the same. At the end of the two day session it was difficult to get the players to give up the Analysis Plus cables they were using.

In the studio we mixed the "With Analysis Plus" version first. then again without making any changes on the board did the same mix of the "Without Analysis Plus" version. The mixes were recorded on an Alisis Master Link at 24/96 and the CDs were burned on the same unit. You will find both a CD24 and a Red Book version of this test.

For an audio clip of the "With Analysis Plus Cables" version, click here.
For an audio clip of the "Without Analysis Plus Cables" version, click here.

David Keefer
Jazz Stream Records
March 2004

Guitar Player Magazine