The 5 Best Channel Snakes (2023 reviews)

The features department is where seismic audio channel snake truly manages to shine. Seismic Audio’s compact and rugged SAHB 6x2x30 sub snake features a heavy duty stage box feeding 6 xlr input channels and two 1/4” trs returns. It features heavy duty shielded conductor pairs for maximum noise rejection and crystal clear sound. It can be used in music studio to add additional inputs.

The fantail has 6 xlr male connectors, and 2 trs male 1/4” connectors for quick, easy, reliable use with your mixing console or digital audio dock. It is used to send a stereo unbalanced signal, given the 30 foot length of this snake, you would not want to send any unbalanced signals through it. Pro Audio depends on a quality signal path, so each snake channel features heavy duty shielded conductor pairs for maximum noise rejection and crystal clear sound.

Why We Like This:

Sending microphone signals to mixing board
Professional quality construction, performance and signal quality
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best little Stage Snake: Elite Core Channel Snake

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The elite core channel snake is suitable and reliable and fits well with your daily purpose. Elite Core snakes feature 24 gauge shielded lines with foil shield and a drain wire on each channel. It helps with cable management on stage, and shortens setup time. It comes with a bag to cover the stage box or fan during transport or storage. Plus, it comes with a bag to cover the stage box or fan during transport or storage.

Why We Like This:

Great little stage snake to run to the house/front end snake
Fantastic product and good solid construction
Good, low cost mic snake for light duty use
Built like a tank but compromises on portability

Best For home Studio: Seismic Audio ft Snake

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If you want nothing but the best desirable snake, then seismic audio ft snake is the one you should definitely consider. This snake is very heavy-duty and well made for the home studio. It is designed to make the professional musician, as well as the musician low on cash, sound great. The quality of your sound can only be as good as the connections between the stage and the mixer and with this snake cable, each pair of heavy duty conductors is individually shielded, yielding crystal clear sound while rejecting extraneous noise. The microphone inputs on the Tascam will be preamped, and if you give them a line-level signal, they will likely boost this to too high of a level, and cause clipping.

It is color coded and numerically labeled. The cable mounts securely and all plugs are well marked to make connecting easier. The materials are light to the point of flimsy, but it has held together well, so far.

Why We Like This:

Works great and solves a messy, multiple xlr cable problem
Heavy duty strain relief on both ends
Worked well for a bluegrass gospel show in a church picnic shelter
100 shielded individually shielded pairs, 22 gauge conductors

Best For gender changes: Hosa Channel Snake

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The hosa channel snake might be a relatively new release, but it's still nothing short of impressive this year. The Hosa Cable Little Bro 6x2 Audio Snake is a great product for smaller bands to keep things tidy on stage. Small, light, sturdy, inexpensive and noiseless, this is a great stage for a main or recording room, etc, specific purpose snake. It is run into a Mackie ProFx12 mixer. The 1/4" jacks work for instruments and for sending an in-ear monitor signal.

This is a snake, more like a su snake but either way it has a box that makes connection cleaner and simple. It does sound better plugged in direct. It is well built and has a very professional look. It is awesome for a studio that saves a lot of time not climbing behind the rack.

Why We Like This:

Cleans up cord clutter on stage
Uses include drum/instrument sub on large stages, and small snake for small events
New and hot release

Best For convenience: Hosa Great little Snake

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It is great for a small studio or as a sub-snake. Small, light, sturdy, inexpensive and noiseless, this is a great stage for a main or recording room, etc, specific purpose snake. It passes phantom power to everything. It is ideal for the basic microphone setup and headphone mix of a small group.

This is a snake, more like a su snake but either way it has a box that makes connection cleaner and simple. The cable ends, and its a great snake. It will support phantom power.

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