The 5 Best Digital Snakes (2023 reviews)

The look and feel of this snakes are consistent with the high quality we're used to from the rest of Y.D.F's lineup. These are a great to have for any sound engineer's arsenal. The boxes themselves are all metal stage boxes, as you would expect, with medium-heavy gage xlr pigtails coming out at a length or 3. It has greatly improved work efficiency and saves manpower and resources.

This model has 4 built-in XLR cables, color coded, and with numbered rings also. The cables also come labelled with numbers so no need to worry about labelling. These are rust-resistant and rugged enough to handle life on stage. It is 3.3ft waterproof and not dustproof. The product is high quality, and works perfectly.

Why We Like This:

Can connect dmx or xlr with just ethernet
Great product, space saver and sounds good as well
Good brand reputation

Best Runner up: Whirlwind Digital Snake

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The features department is where whirlwind digital snake truly manages to shine. The 12 Drop Snake is an ideal solution for cleaning up your cable runs in the studio or onstage. This 12 x 12 unit features clearly labeled side-exit connectors, allowing it to fit in tighter spaces where a traditional box would be too bulky. It features clearly labeled side-exit connectors, allowing it to fit in tighter spaces where a traditional box would be too bulky.

Why We Like This:

Delivers what they promise
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best With RETURN: Seismic Audio Digital Snake

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Compared with other snake in this category, the seismic audio digital snake has a convenient design. The seismic audio fantail extension xlr snake cables features high quality metal 3 pin xlr male and female connectors. It is ideally used to connect pro audio and dj equipment such as preamps, mixers, amplifiers and similar devices. It is provides for a balanced line that lessens the possibility of hum and buzz and provides a noise-free signal. It is also shielded with flexible rubber jackets.

Whether you have a permanent installation or mobile, this fantail fantail fantail xlr snake cable is rugged enough to handle whatever you throw at it. Your mixer will generally work with balanced or unbalanced just fine over short distances. This allows for quick repair if you happen to damage a channel or one goes out. It is easy to set up and use.

Why We Like This:

Very reliable cable, and ends are well marked
Numerically labeled for quick and easy set up
Shielded twisted pair w/ foil and drain wire

Best For home Studio: Seismic Audio ft Snake

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The seismic audio ft snake should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. This snake is very heavy-duty and well made. It is designed to make the professional musician, as well as the musician low on cash, sound great. 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. 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.

It is color coded and numerically labeled. The cable mounts securely and all plugs are well marked to make connecting easier.

Why We Like This:

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

Best For gender changes: Hosa Digital Snake

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Next on the list, we've got yet another snake that manages to win our hearts. It's the hosa digital snake and it's widely considered as snake that has the most suitable features. This makes a stage RETURN only snake that returns the FOH and all the monitors. It is great for controlling a small band out of the dj booth. The box and header are well made. It will support phantom power. They're never tangled and they take just a few minutes to put up vs 30 minutes fishing them out and untangling,and then rolling them up. It does sound better plugged in direct. It is only a linemic level rated cable. It is great for a small snake to keep stsge clear of cords.

Why We Like This:

Must have for any home studio with more than 2 inputs
Connect a couple vocal mic's, guitars, bass and stereo electric piano
Lot of satisfied buyers