Heavy Duty Flexible Rubber Jacket Protect Your Cable, the outer diameter of the cable is 6.0mm(0.24 inch),Top quality and made by environment-friendly material, Polyethylene insulation improves high frequency response,strong, flexible and durable. With Heavy Duty 24K gold-plated XLR and 3.5 mm connectors, it could eliminate signal loss and static noise,provide durability and improve the signal transmission, and the copper shell blocks any interference which prevents the loss of sound quality. 20 AWG 4N Oxygen Free Copper with shielding ensure high fidelity sound quality and provide maximum conductivity and signal clarity. great choice for music lover. This is a balanced cable, the tip and ring have continuity with pins 2 and 3 respectively. This is NOT an unbalanced Mono cable, nor is it a stereo cable. this cable carries a balanced mono signal into an unbalanced stereo input. BALANCED XLR Female to 1/8 cable connects a shotgun or condenser mic with a male XLR connector to a DSLR, DV camcorder, digital voice recorder or computer with a mini-jack port.