Status, November 2026: current. Cordial still lists the CCM FM in its Essentials range.
What it is
The CCM FM is Cordial's lower-priced microphone cable, with a 3-pin XLR female plug at one end and an XLR male plug at the other, sold in nine lengths from 0.5 m to 20 m (Cordial product page). Two twisted bare-copper cores of 0.22 mm², each made of 28 fine strands, sit under a spiral shield of bare copper wire with 90% coverage. Cordial's bulk cable datasheet gives a matte PVC jacket 5.9 mm across. The plugs are REAN, Neutrik's lower-priced brand, hand-soldered, with a moulded bend-protection sleeve, and the plug shell can be opened. The female plug carries a coloured ring with a labelling field, per Thomann's listing. Cordial's page gives no warranty term.
The female end plugs into an XLR master output, such as Master 1 on the Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX10, and the male end into a powered speaker or monitor; a stereo pair needs two. Of 103 owner reviews read at Thomann, 41 praise the build for the price, 16 describe years of use without a fault and 13 report no hum. Ten found the jacket stiff or prone to twisting when coiled, and seven had crackle or a failure, two of them blaming wires stripped too far inside the plug. Several owners say it suits fixed setups better than nightly coiling.