How to untangle the coiled cable inside a boom pole

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davefisk

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Hey. I get lots of calls and e-mails from people that their internally coiled cabled boom pole won't collapse all the way. 9 times out of 10 it is because the internal coiled cable has a kink in it. Well, I made a little video showing you how this happens, and how to fix it with an Avalon boom pole. I will be doing more of these addressing the issue with our other lines of poles (Klassic poles and Avalon with a CCR) in the future. I hope this helps those of you out there that this happens to in the field. Let me know if you have any questions.

 
Useful video.

Now I know why sound recordists in the UK prefer to use a simple pole with the cable outside. :thumbsup:
 
"Yes, I know there is a plane going overhead but I'm not cutting"
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Thanks for the vid Dave, that was helpful!
 
John Willett said:
Useful video.

Now I know why sound recordists in the UK prefer to use a simple pole with the cable outside. :thumbsup:
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I know in Europe the preference is to have the cable on the outside of the pole, and some people like that here in the states too. But for those people that are a "one man band" where they are booming, mixing, monitoring wireless, and other audio related things, they want a pole that they can collapse and extend very quickly, which is why we offer poles that are internally coiled cabled. Of course, all of our poles come without a cable, too, so it's up to the end user to choose. I've used different cable "setups" for different situations, and I can see valid arguments for each way of "cabling" a pole (internal coiled, internal straight, or external).
 
Believe it or not, I prefer to add my own cable, than use the coiled cable. The coiled cable seems so much easier to shake around and cause noise than a full size mic cable (what I am using). I know many booms have cloth around the coiled cable, but my thought is with the increased mass/weight, the cable lies in the pole better and it takes more movement to get it to rattle.
 
Hey Dave,

Any tips for poles that have the right-angle xlr connector (on the side, not the bottom) of the boompole? I've unscrewed it once, and the soldered cable comes out like the video above, but just wanted to make sure. Thanks!
 
I won't go on official record as to which boom pole I think people should buy. I will say in the course of my field work, I have used all of the major brands out there, and I wouldn't be working at the company I am at now if I didn't think the products are the best you can get.

danjchoi said:
Hey Dave,

Any tips for poles that have the right-angle xlr connector (on the side, not the bottom) of the boompole? I've unscrewed it once, and the soldered cable comes out like the video above, but just wanted to make sure. Thanks!
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Are you talking about the Avalon CCR? That's the next video I plan on doing. The short answer is, yes. You can unscrew the panel mount XLR connector, and then pull out the xlr cable. The nice thing about the CCR on the avalon pole for fixing this issue is, you don't have to be twisting a connector on the bottom of the pole. Once you have the kink out, you just put it back in and put the hex screws back in. Just make sure to put some loktite on them to make sure they say in securely.
 
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