Klotz MC5000 High-end Microphone Cable

Sold by the metre. Price per metre. Example buy quantity 5 you will receive 5 m in one length.

This is the same cable as used on renowned Klotz M5 microphone cables.

MC5000 cable that is highly respected, you may well have seen this already searching online.

Why buy this cable?

The short answer is, it's physically more than double what a standard microphone cable is.

Looking at other microphone cables and given specifications of this cable you will find:

Low loss and low attenuation even over long distances each internal signal conducts cross-section area is 0.50 mm² - Twice the thickness of most other balanced microphone cable.

Double, counter rotating bare copper spiral shield

1. Layer: ca. 95 x 0.12 mm, 28 mm length of twist (Z)-stranding

2. Layer: ca. 98 x 0.12 mm, 30 mm length of twist (S)-stranding

Two copper shields, one wound clockwise and the other anticlockwise. This gives 100 percent shield coverage. Many other balanced cables have one outer shield that covers an average of 80 percent, relying on the balanced circuitry to reduce noise. Other cables may use foil, less flexible and increasing capacitance. The shield is what stops noise getting into the internal signal conductors and it is better to get this part right at tis stage.

All copper standing is 100 percent pure copper and oxygen free copper

Twisted pair, each inner signal cable is 0.50 mm² 28 x 0.15 mm. This is one reason why this cable is low loss. Other cables have as little as 7 strands of copper at 0.10 mm

Inner signal cables are encased in a flexible PVC, this make the cable more flexible and roust, holding the inner signal core and outer shield precisely in place, it is also why this cable is low capacitance, increasing the distance between the outer shield and the inner signal conductors.

Specifications

Designed with studio use in mind, the cable is packed with every possible feature to eliminate interference. The high longitudinal conversion loss (LCL) necessary for microphone cables is achieved by incorporating a range of solutions such as cores with ultra-low production tolerances, moulded PVC inner jacket around the cores to maintain their ex factory high-precision stranding, and a stabilizing element that significantly improves pressure resistance. A double counter-rotating spiral shield provides 100% cover for the inner jacket and reliably screens the cable from electromagnetic interference.

Cond. construction stranded bare copper, 28 x 0.15 mm

Cond. cross section 0.50 mm²

Insulation polyethylene (PE)

Core arrangement 2 cores twisted to a pair

Inner jacket extruded inner covering from PVC

Shielding double, counter-rotating, bare copper spiral shield

Outer jacket PVC

Overall diameter 7.0 mm

Mechanics

Min. bending radius 35 mm

Working temperature -20°C / +70°C

Electric

Conductor resistance < 40 Ω/km

Capacitance

cond./cond. 55 pF/m

cond./shield 95 pF/m

Insulation resistance > 0.1 GΩ x km

Model MC5000

Cable color black

Weight 0.08 kg/m