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<blockquote data-quote="Lee Brenkman" data-source="post: 32280" data-attributes="member: 154">Re: Snake problemsI am a user and fan of the EWI stuff for my own personal rig.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t think that either Mark or Liz have ever said or even implied that their stuff is on a par with Whirlwind, Radial or other top level cable and snake producers.I&#039;ve had several of their snakes and some of them have wound up in one of the clubs I work with along with about 30 EWI microphone cables.&nbsp; There are some issues but over the years the eventual sum of the original purchase price and the occasional cost to replace an XLR end on the mic cables or the original XLR inputs on the snake still add up to less than they&#039;d have spent on the higher price alternatives.And yes the overall jacket on the snakes does occasionally pull back from the cables inside, exposing the foil shields.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of that heat shrink tape and a protective wrap of gaff tape have kept the sub snakes in service without incident.For the record the main snake in this club is the ProCo Helix 32 channel one they&#039;ve had since the days when that WAS enough channels.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stage to FOH for channels 33 to 48 are and EWI with a detachable ELCO connector for the monitor out fan.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lee Brenkman, post: 32280, member: 154"] Re: Snake problems I am a user and fan of the EWI stuff for my own personal rig. I don't think that either Mark or Liz have ever said or even implied that their stuff is on a par with Whirlwind, Radial or other top level cable and snake producers. I've had several of their snakes and some of them have wound up in one of the clubs I work with along with about 30 EWI microphone cables. There are some issues but over the years the eventual sum of the original purchase price and the occasional cost to replace an XLR end on the mic cables or the original XLR inputs on the snake still add up to less than they'd have spent on the higher price alternatives. And yes the overall jacket on the snakes does occasionally pull back from the cables inside, exposing the foil shields. Some of that heat shrink tape and a protective wrap of gaff tape have kept the sub snakes in service without incident. For the record the main snake in this club is the ProCo Helix 32 channel one they've had since the days when that WAS enough channels. Stage to FOH for channels 33 to 48 are and EWI with a detachable ELCO connector for the monitor out fan. [/QUOTE]

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