Gōst™ Series XLR Cable using Gotham Audio GAC-3 (Neumann Style Cable)

Gotham Audio's Gac-3 is based on an old Neumann style cable using three conductors and a shield. This cable is a long kept secret amongst larger studios who want this kept a secret because it's part of their "sound". They don't want everyone having the same ammunition as they do. For years no one has heard of Gotham because they have zero advertising. I am trying my best to bring them to the market. 

The sound of this cable is attributed to the THREE conductor + shield design verses the TWO conduct + shield design of other XLR cables. Its doesn't add or subtract from the signal and it's design is to be "invisible", almost like the microphone is connected directly to the preamp with zero wiring.

The classic 3-conductor mic cable – balanced double Reussen shielded analog audio cable. For three decades, this was the famed IC-3 Interconnect Cable supplied with Neumann Microphones in the USA.

Why three conductors for an audio signal? Here are some answers:

• Grounding/shielding: With the third conductor put to ground, together with the two shields, we have a cable design renowned for superior RF-rejection for 5 decades. This fact has been confirmed in literally hundreds of situations where severe RFI problems were solved simply by a change to a properly grounded Gotham microphone cable. In an AES-paper presented by Neil A. Muncy in November 1994, GAC-3 was named the best performing microphone cable then available. Reference: “Noise Susceptibility in Analog and Digital Signal Processing Systems” presented at the 97th AES Convention, San Francisco, November 1994, Revised April 12, 1995 – Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 43 #6, June 1995, p. 435-453.
• Round Construction: 3-conductor constructions are round constructions, and since the cable has the freedom to move in all directions, especially on the strain relief of a connector, the cable will survive more movement cycles.
• Phantom Power: The 3rd conductor can be wired as a drain wire for a reliable connection of phantom power to the microphone, without affecting the shield.

Each of the three conductors consists of 96 (!!) strands of LCOF 0.05mm copper wires. The finest available stranding for audio cables resulting in improved flexibility, better signal transport and longer lifetime (moving cycles).

Construction:

Technical Specifications:

GOTHAM AUDIO CABLE Standard Wiring for GAC-3:

• Brown = Pin 2 + (Hot)
• White = Pin 2 – (Cold)
• Both shields plus Green = Pin 1 (Ground)