Sennheiser G3 XLR Cable Differences? (Blue-banded XLR vs non)

[Petros Kolyvas]

I believe the lower picture is of the CL100 for the G2 series or, at the very least, one of the options.

One of the changes, as far as I know, from the G2 to the G3 is that they use the third conductor (ground or shield - the disjunction is inclusive) on the "updated" (read thicker/blue banded/whatever) CL100 cable as a second receiver antenna for diversity. (http://www.sennheiserusa.com/media/p...ionsforuse.pdf - page 5)

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[John Willett]

Well, to point out again, the picture is identical to what Sennheiser has on their very own website for the CL100.

The picture with the thin cable is on the Sennheiser USA website, not on the main Sennheiser website.

The CL 2 line-in cable (which is the only picture I could find on the main Sennheiser website) looks like this:-

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It's HERE and you can see that the construction is the same as the good one with the thicker cable you posted (only the XLR is female instead of male) which indicates that the moulded plug and thicker cable is made by Sennheiser themselves and that the version with the thinner cable and the solder jack plug was made up by the local agent themselves (in this case Sennheiser USA) as the one with the thin cable is not on the Sennheiser website, only the Sennheiser USA site.

[Gary Huff]

That's the problem I'm having. I've seen the photo of the blue-banded XLR cable in suppliers from overseas, but being in the U.S., I'd hate to have to order from Germany in order to get the cable I need, but the problem is that all the typical suppliers I use that are in this country all have pictures of the thinner cable for the CL100.

Maddening.

[Petros Kolyvas]

That's the problem I'm having. I've seen the photo of the blue-banded XLR cable in suppliers from overseas, but being in the U.S., I'd hate to have to order from Germany in order to get the cable I need, but the problem is that all the typical suppliers I use that are in this country all have pictures of the thinner cable for the CL100.

Maddening.

I would contact them to see what version of the CL100 it is exactly. The link you provided indicates a cable for the G2 series (look at the page title in the browser). Often web masters copy/paste images without context and I think you'd be hard pressed to order G2 stock at this point. At the very least, any dealer worth his/her salt can find out for you.

[John Willett]

That's the problem I'm having. I've seen the photo of the blue-banded XLR cable in suppliers from overseas, but being in the U.S., I'd hate to have to order from Germany in order to get the cable I need, but the problem is that all the typical suppliers I use that are in this country all have pictures of the thinner cable for the CL100.

Maddening.

Talk to Sennheiser USA direct and discuss it with them.

Make sure you talk to Technical and not Sales.

If all else fails, ask for Uwe Sattler (Technical Director).