petemullard Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 hello there,I was looking at buying one of these http://www.terralec.co.uk/prod.asp?I=15841...;1=CABLE_TESTER I was just ckecking to see whether they are worth the money peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekij Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 It doesn't seem to do anything that you couldn't do with a cheap multipeter (and you can test other things with the multimeter).I guess if you have a lot of cables to check it would be faster using this item to test them. Personally I think I'll stick with my multimeters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I quite like the Behringer one (ducks for cover..) doesn't quite have the same selection of inputs (no speakon) - but the matrix immediately shows what's connected to what, and the "intermittent test" (or "wiggle test") feature is useful for finding dodgy connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robloxley Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I quite like the Behringer one (ducks for cover..)I'd second the Behringer ones, cheap as chips and do what they say on the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemullard Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 hello guys thanks for the replies is it ok for me to have the link to the behringer cable tester pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 This one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim b Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 It does me well that tester, admittedly I often wish I had speakon connectors built onto it but then the price would go up. Don't forget the Behringer unit also has the ability to produce test tones which can come in handy. The Behringer display is clear and quick to read-which just goes to show everything which glitters (silver) isn't necessarily bad. I don't think having a Behringer cable tester is anything to get hung up about. Re. the multimeter. If you've got a complex set of wires to go into something where it would be very expensive to bring them down/out/repair in situ the cable tester for the XLRs very quickly becomes more time efficient as it simulateously tests for both continuity between pins and crossed wires. Also handy for working out how miscellaneous bodges are wired, in short I don't go to a gig without mine. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim_mcslim Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Well I would put in a vote for the one the OP has listed, I have one of those and find it superior to the behringer in build quality and choice of connectors, however the behringer does have some useful functions that the terralec one doesn't, it depends if you want to use it as a basic cable tester or a tone and noise generator!!! ;) And I really don't think that it is that easy to test speakon's with a multimeter... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I have both types but the cheaper one is what I use as it has speakons and is totally straight-forward I can give it to a student/ work experience kid and have it working in minutes.Less buttons and lights but does everything I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Is it as easy to spot shorted pins and swapped pins as the Behringer one? How does the rotary control work? Thanks, Ike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 There are two sets of leds, the bottom row is green and the top row yellow.Set the switch to 1, if there is a connection the green light above 1 will light and the yellow leds above each contact on the other plug light up.If no leds light there is no connection.Set switch to 2 and repeat.etc.If the red ground led lights there is a connection between the corresponding contacts and the chassis.There is a pair of banana sockets for continuity[led and buzzer]I could test 10 cables in the time it took to write this.If the guy with the multimeter can test all the options on a 5 pin din lead let alone a converter he's a better man than I am.You get 5 pin din 4 pin speakon XLR rca and trs jack.Plus battery check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Appleby Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 you can also get little cable testers built into the end of a male XLR connector - these are great on a gig if you want to quickly find out if theres a problem with your XLR cable. All you need to do is put phantom power down the cable from you desk, and the LED lights up a different colour depending on what the fault is - clever stuff. you can pick them up off eBay for a tenner, or canford audio do a slightly more expensive one. Theres also one called 'the rat', don't know how much these are though, or where to get them from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 And I've got yours in my coat pocket Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhuson Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Looks suspiciously like this tester from Adam Hall only the Terralec one is over a third of the price. Be interested to find out if it is exactly the same product just re-badged as it appears to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazzQuire Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Thomann sell a sound a Millenium version, which is just a re-badged version of the one in the op (and is a couple of quid cheaper). I use this one all the time, It is of good build quality, and I like the selection of connectors. It is certainly sufficient for my needs. LINK Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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