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Van Damme Classic XKE Microphone Cable

Van Damme Classic XKE Microphone is our standard balanced / stereo cable. As well as being elegant the inner cores of this cable are silver plated OFC (oxygen free copper) giving an awesome tonal quality. The thermoplastic outer screen together with the close lapped OFC wire inner screen, ensure excellent noise rejection and durability. This cable is tough, durable and easy to coil, it is the professional cable choice for gigging and touring

2 Core and Screen relates to the amount of carrier signals inside the cable, in this case three. This is a balanced/stereo cable. The 2 cores are the signal carriers and the screen is the ground/shield

Technical Specs

Mechanical specification Conductor

• Material Bare silver plated ultra pure oxygen free copper wire.
• Stranding 7 x 0.10mm.
• Material Bare ultra pure oxygen free copper wire
• Stranding 21 x 0.10mm

Insulation

• Material XLPE Cross linked polyethylene
• Diameter 1.60mm ±0.10
• Colour coding Red, Blue

Cabling

• Type Twisted pair with cotton yarn fillers & paper wrap
• Lay length 25mm

Screen

• Type 80 x 0.10mm close lap spiral bare oxygen free copper wire
• Jacket
• Material Flexible PVC/Neoprene composite
• Average thickness 1.40mm
• Overall diameter 6.35mm ±0.15

Physical properties unaged Jacket (at 60ºC)

• Tensile strength >8N/mm2
• Elongation >250%
• Heat shock test 120 ºC x 1 hour - no cracks
• Test voltage 1000 Vdc x 1 minute OK 

Electrical characteristics Resistance

• Conductor Ohm/Km <85

Screen

• Ohm/Km <85
• Insulation M Ohm/Km >5000

Capacitance

• Core to core 56pF/m nominal
• Core to screen 105pF/m