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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Maxwell" data-source="post: 117145" data-attributes="member: 321">Re: Problems with the pins in Shure mics. Is it just us? What to do?From the title of this thread one would think that the pins in the xlr are supposed to keep the mic cable connected to the mic, that is not how it works. The latch on the female xlr on the end of the mic cable is what holds the connecter in place. Some of the Neutrik female xlr connectors have a rubber o-ring on them that makes it a very tight fit. If you don’t really make sure it is properly latched it will let go. There is an easy test to see if the pins in the female XLR are a problem. Take a male XLR apart and just use the part with the 3 pins on it. Doing one pin at a time turn it so you are only plugging in one pin into the female XLR. Or you could cut apart the male xlr so you have just one pin all by itself. When you plug it in to the different pins on the female the should all have some feeling of resistance, if it feels very loose then that female xlr is bad. I have some very old cables and have tested them this way and even after all of these years and all of the use they have gotten they are still tight. So do you have loose pins or loose latches????</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kevin Maxwell, post: 117145, member: 321"] Re: Problems with the pins in Shure mics. Is it just us? What to do? From the title of this thread one would think that the pins in the xlr are supposed to keep the mic cable connected to the mic, that is not how it works. The latch on the female xlr on the end of the mic cable is what holds the connecter in place. Some of the Neutrik female xlr connectors have a rubber o-ring on them that makes it a very tight fit. If you don’t really make sure it is properly latched it will let go. There is an easy test to see if the pins in the female XLR are a problem. Take a male XLR apart and just use the part with the 3 pins on it. Doing one pin at a time turn it so you are only plugging in one pin into the female XLR. Or you could cut apart the male xlr so you have just one pin all by itself. When you plug it in to the different pins on the female the should all have some feeling of resistance, if it feels very loose then that female xlr is bad. I have some very old cables and have tested them this way and even after all of these years and all of the use they have gotten they are still tight. So do you have loose pins or loose latches???? [/QUOTE]

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