10-Foot Balanced XLR Microphone Cable — 3-Pin Male to Female, Common-Mode Noise Rejection (SSAV-MIC-10)

10-Foot Balanced XLR Microphone Cable: The Cable That Belongs in Every Studio Setup

This is a 10-foot balanced XLR microphone cable, male to female, 3-pin standard. The twisted-pair internal conductors plus full common-mode shield reject electrical interference and RF pickup across the entire 10-foot run — the cable that turns a $30 mic and a $700 mic into the same noise floor when both are properly wired. Nickel-plated metal XLR connector shells mate with any standard microphone — condenser, dynamic, or ribbon — and any XLR input on an audio interface, mixer, or preamp. This is the cable that ships in this bundle to wire the Lewitt LCT 440 PURE to the home studio interface, and the same cable belongs in every studio setup as a spare.

Balanced XLR — Why It Matters Even Over Short Cable Runs

Balanced XLR cabling does one thing that unbalanced cabling cannot: it cancels electrical noise that picks up on the cable run. The cable carries two signal conductors plus a shield, and the receiving end takes the difference between the two signal conductors. Any noise that picks up on both conductors (electrical hum from a nearby power supply, RF pickup from a Wi-Fi router, ground loop interference) appears on both signal conductors equally and cancels out at the receiver. The audio signal that exists only on the two signal conductors comes through unchanged. The result is a clean signal path from the microphone to the preamp regardless of what electrical interference exists in the room.

10-Foot Length — Sized for Desktop Recording

The 10-foot length is the standard for desktop recording — a microphone on a boom arm at the desk to an audio interface sitting at the side of the desk or in a rack at floor level. Long enough to route cleanly without strain on the connector; short enough to keep cable management tidy without coiled excess on the floor. For longer runs (mic on a stand at the back of a tracking room to an interface in the control room), use a 25-foot or 50-foot cable instead — but for the desktop podcast, streaming, or home studio session, 10 feet is the right length.

Who This Cable Is For

This is the cable that ships in this bundle. It is also the cable every studio needs as a spare and every traveling musician needs as a backup. If a mic exists in the setup, an XLR cable connects it. Order yours today.