The 5 Best Hosa 16 Channel Snakes (2023 reviews)

If you are searching for a long-standing snake for your daily usage, you cannot go wrong with this product. It is not only a space saving and inexpensive snake that does it's job (and does it well), but you get 8 non-molded xlr connectors to boot. It cleans up the stage of extra cables etc. It is great for limited space setups. It will pass 48v (phantom power), but phantom will actually come from the sound console, not directly from this snake. It also works well for balanced line-level applications.

It is made from quality materials and it looks durable for a good purchase. It provides excellent cable management allowing you to greatly reduce clutter, improve aesthetics of your studio, and looks professional as heck too.

Why We Like This:

Great audio snake construction and small choir loft snake box foot print
Excellent unit and no buzz or hum
New and hot release

Best For consolidating multiple Cables: Hosa insert Snake

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Hosa is known for creating pragmatic and minimalist snake for people on the go. It is designed to connect channel inserts on a mixing console to effects processors with unbalanced phone jacks. It is great for inserts or general splitting. The ends are very nice in quality. The cable itself is the usual Host quality with nice flexible cables and moulded connectors.

These insert cables are well made, seated perfectly and. It is great for consolidating multiple cables from the mixer to rack equipment. It has been road tested, and the build quality is excellent. It is an insert snake, and it does what it should do without introducing any noise.

Why We Like This:

Required cable for most boards (trs inserts) to patch multi-channel outboard processors
Works great, nice and neat,cheaper than buying individual inserts
Great quality and as a bonus the mono ends are
Noticeable noise and multiple colors help keep the send/returns straight

Best patch Cable: Hosa 16 Channel Snake

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The hosa 16 channel snake's material feels more premium than its price would suggest. This snake is designed to connect gear with xLR outputs to gear with xlr inputs. It is ideal for connecting mixing consoles to outboard gear.

Why We Like This:

Xlr connectors with internal strain relief for rugged reliability
Ofc spiral shields for effective emi and rfi rejection and flexibility
Oxygen-free copper (ofc) conductors for enhanced signal clarity

Best For gender changes: Hosa Great little Snake

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The hosa great little snake is capable of outshining several other products featured in this list in overall features in its price range. It is a great snake for the studio or live drums. It reduces on-stage visibility and also can be used as balanced sends or stereo headphone returns. It is only a linemic level rated cable. The connectors and the Conex box are very compact and sturdy. 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 allows for many different hookup options.

Why We Like This:

Cleans up cord clutter on stage
Must have for any home studio with more than 2 inputs
Connect a couple vocal mic's, guitars, bass and stereo electric piano

Best For convenience: Hosa Stage Box

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The hosa stage box's superior materials makes sure that it ages well with use. It is great for controlling a small band out of the dj booth. The little bro 6x2 sub snake is designed to send six microphone signals to a mixing console along with two stereo headphone returns for the performers on stage. It passes phantom power to everything. The packaging of the'stage box' is cleverly compact, and labeling and organization is clear and simple. It is ideal for the basic microphone setup and headphone mix of a small group.

The cable ends, and its a great snake. It is great for a small studio or as a sub-snake. The box and header are well made.

Why We Like This:

Uses include drum/instrument sub on large stages, and small snake for small events
Comes in very handy for setting up pa at a gig
One of the new comers and featured product