Mackie Cable Tester, 5-Way Switch Battery-Powered Connector Test, Black, (MTest-1)

This saved so much trouble and work. We would arrive at gig's and hunt for good cords. Now we know exactly, which cords are good and which we need to pitch. FANTASTIC!!!

Metal housing for durability. Easy to use. A very handy tool for people using audio cords. Just plug each end of the cord into unit and turn the dial to check each wire in the cords. Uses a standard 9 volt battery, which makes it portable and easy to install.

This is a great and portable wire tester for anyone into AV! Also, the company has quite a righteous sense of humor right! While this item is made with tuff metals and well constructed and it does test cables I was hoping for something else, which I don’t even know exists? I was hoping to use this cable tester to see if my speaker wire run had any damage to it or bad connections within the 7.2.4 network. Unfortunately, to test that using this meter you have to have the beginning and end of the speaker wire terminals. It sure would be nice to know if my speaker wire runs were damaged or not and if so which ones as my AVR output transistors just blew up🙂

Great tool. However, I had the same model with a different name - i.e. Live Wire, which I bought from Guitar Center, which just died after a few years - but I'm trying it again here. Mackie has renamed the "TRS" plug to "TRS / TS" but the circuitry is still the same - it does not show TS cables correctly. However, I will attempt to add some photos to this review which show a *workaround* that I came up with which will correctly work with TS cables (see attached photos). This workaround uses a TRS splitter cable on each side of the device - hopefully they will be self-explanatory. So, the device is not perfect, but IMO it's the best one out there for the money.

Solid build quality, easy to use.

This is a very handy tester. I leave it in my cable bag. It's quick, accurate and reasonably priced. When you have a 10-12 piece band setting up for a gig and suddenly someone's mic or monitor doesn't work, it can eliminate (or ID) cables as a problem very quickly. I use it with a known good cable so I can test in place without rerouting cables. The only problem, and several folks mention this, is that the LED lights are viciously bright! Overall a very handy tool.

Great tool for making cables, testing continuity, and troubleshooting. A staple for any audio professional.

This is a pretty good unit. It makes troubleshooting cable quick and easy. You don't have to have a degree to use it, but you should read the book first. Pros: 1) Metal case - durable, heavy 2) 9 volt battery - has a snap in cartridge that holds the battery 3) cross connections of the most common sound connections so you can test all of your most used cable 4) Bright LED's - nice, they can light up a small runway, so don't use this while you are sensitive to light, if you catch my drift. 5) Rotational switch - meh, I really don't want to test each pin one at a time. 6) Owners manual is online, includes internal schematic for those inclined to modify or repair. Cons: 1) No off switch 2) No indication of a reverse polarity protection. So be careful to follow the polarity indicators for the battery. 3) A rotary switch is used to move through the possible connections, so you manually test each contact/pin. There could be a better way, maybe not.

Great product. Works fine

Must have for most studio gear saves much time

El material es de buena calidad, es fácil de usar y muy intuitivo. Lo he ocupado sin ninguna problema principalmente en eventos en vivo y la calidad de construcción aguanta el entorno de trabajo rudo.

Articolo di ottima fattura e molto preciso. Lo raccomando.

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