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Putting a new end on a XLR cable

I have a pair of Tara Labs 3 meter interconnects and I’ve lost a wire connection in the left cable. (It’s playing softer than the right one) For the life of me, I can’t figure out how they built it so I can take the end off, re solder the connection and put it back together. If I can’t figure out how to do it myself, My other options are cutting the end off and buying a good XLR plug or sending it back to the company and potentially paying as much as $500 for the repair.

Anyone here know how to take apart a Tara Labs XLR cable?

Thanks in advance.

128x128curiousjim
2tank
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Where are you located. I've built and repaired hundreds of cables and equipment. If you are near, I can offer to look and provide thoughts and possibly even some new Neutrik gold/black connectors. Good luck.

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kingsleuy
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Buy new XLRs. Cut and resolder.

Being sortah a compulsive excessive, I would do All of them. And being so, I would also peek into the XLR holes on the amp and preamp to match gold to gold, silver to silver pins. Dissimilar metal contact thing.

Option 5. "The best connector is No connector at all". Open up the units. Cut all the ends off your cables. Solder the cable wires directly to the inside of the amp and preamp XLRs.

alucard19
358 posts
 

I just looked online and it stated that Tara Labs interconnects have a lifetime guarantee. so this should be covered for free.

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yoyoyaya
623 posts
 

Thanks curiousjim. I wonder then if they have bonded the two sections together? Anyway, it looks like it's out with the cable cutters :((

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dinov
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Tara Labs is a pretty good company and they should be able to fix the cable under warranty or relatively inexpensively. Did they really say that it would be $500 to fix the cable? If they did I find that hard to believe. 

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