Mackie Cable Tester

Great product. Works fine

I get it with one knob broken, but I just try to fixed it my own with super glue. Working well

I had contemplated building my own cable tester, but it would have cost me four times the price of this item to just buy the parts. It has a clever design concept--it tells you which pin on the "input" connector is connected to which pin(s) on the "output" connector. You use the rotary switch to select which pins to test. There is a "GROUND" LED that lights if the selected pin is connected to chassis ground of the MTest device. However, with the exception of the MIDI connectors, all connectors are isolated from the chassis ground, so this function is basically useless. It would be really useful if it applied to the XLR connectors, as we'd really like to know if any of the three pins in the XLR are connected to chassis ground. But it seems they cheaped-out on the XLR connectors, as they are missing the fourth terminal that usually connect to chassis ground. I'm guessing that previous versions of the device may have used proper XLR connectors, which would have made this GROUND feature much more useful. Otherwise, I can't imagine why they would bother including this feature just for the MIDI connectors. The circuit diagram mis-labels the "GROUND" LED as being green, when it's actually red. Likewise, the diagram mis-labels the "BATTERY CHECK" LED as red, when it's actually green. The "text" instructions get it right though. Speaking of the LEDs, they are horribly, blindingly bright. I had to put a strip of electrical tape over them to make them tolerable. Anyway, considering the price and functionality, these are fairly minor complaints.

This saved so much trouble and work. We would arrive at gig's and hunt for good cords. Now we know exactly, which cords are good and which we need to pitch. FANTASTIC!!!

Must have for most studio gear saves much time

I saved time diagnosing defective XLR and TRS cables.

Articolo di ottima fattura e molto preciso. Lo raccomando.