Mic cable, to snake or not to snake.

I'm about to order some mic cable for the studio. Any pros/cons for choosing a snake cable as opposed to running individual wires? I was about to order a snake cable, but then thought that if one of the wires inside the snake failed, I'd have to replace the whole snake.

Tommy, rather than repeat I'll link to your thread at StudioTips - http://forum.studiotips.com/viewtopic.php?t=1492 HTH... Steve

is "snake" type multicore? I don't know the colloquial word for "snake" thanks

Basically "multi-pair" cable or "multi-core". Same thing.

You got it first time, Hugo; even included a picture :) ... Steve

tommyd1: It is so rare if ever that a channel of a multipair fails. Don't worry about using Multipair. I use it in every studio i design and install and never has there been a problem. If you are worried run the next size larger and have the spares like if you needed 4 ch run 8 pair www.livewiresi.com

Hi all A search of snake Vs Cable info leads me here and although J-Lo's rear anatomy is an interesting subject I need some more information. My situation is the same, wiring my new studio and want to use a Mogami or Canare. Understand the practicalities of cable v snake but my question is more about sound/transmittion quality. is there any degradation in quality between individual cables and Snakes? I.E. will a snake cable perform as well as a bunch of individual cables in a studio installation context.??? Mick

Cables are cables, whether bundled or run singularly (is that a word?). The quality of the cable or snake is always dependent upon the characteristics of the individual cable itself either way.

is there any degradation in quality between individual cables and Snakes?

All else being the same (same basic cable type), there is no degradation in qualty between cables and snakes. Clearly; Andre