I was surprised by the quality of the cable when I received it. Planned to use it as a link between my computer and my phantom amp for my XLR calibration mic (Dayton EMM-6). A word of caution though. This cable does NOT provide phantom power for microphones that require it (e.g. EMM-6). You still need to use a phantom power amplifier to use the microphone. With that in mind, I think this would be a great cable.