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Sommer Cable Stage 22 Highflex SGHN

A flexible, colour-coded XLR cable owners rate highly; a few find the HICON plug latch stiff or loose.

Sommer Cable Stage 22 Highflex SGHN in black, coiled, with both XLR plugs

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Best for
Colour-coded mic and speaker runs that get coiled after every gig.
Skip it if
You want Neutrik plugs; Sommer sells the same cable with them as SGMF.

The Internet’s Opinion

From 0 professional reviews and 224 owner reviews: a fair amount of evidence.

Owners rate it as a flexible, quiet cable with solid plugs, and value the colours for telling lines apart; the repeated complaint is the HICON plug latch, which a handful found stiff or loose. No professional review of this assembly was found.

What people praise

  • Flexible, lies flat and coils easily
  • Colours make each line easy to tell apart on a busy stage or studio floor
  • Solid, well-finished plugs that seat firmly
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  • Good value for the build
  • No hum or interference
  • Holds up through years of gigs and rehearsals

What to know first

  • The HICON latch or release button can be stiff, rough or loose
  • Some find the HICON plugs less solid than Neutrik's
  • An early fault on one cable: a wire off its pin, crackle, or weak shielding
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  • The jacket can be tacky to coil or pick up dust
  • Short lengths are measured plug tip to plug tip
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No professional reviews found; 224 owner reviews read at Thomann (Guitar Center doesn't sell it)Compiled 2026-11-07How this is compiled

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Before you buy

Status
Current

Works with

  • DJ controllers and mixers with an XLR masterMaster 1 (XLR)

    The Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX10's Master 1 is a set of balanced XLR output terminals; the cable's female end plugs into each one User manual (Pioneer DJ), checked 2026-11-07

  • Studio monitors with XLR inputsBalanced XLR

    The JBL 305P MkII has one balanced XLR and one balanced 1/4-inch TRS input; the cable's male end plugs into the XLR Manufacturer spec sheet (JBL Professional), checked 2026-11-07

  • PA speakers with XLR or combo inputsXLR/TRS combo

    The Mackie Thump GO has two XLR / 1/4-inch TRS combo inputs and an XLR thru output Manufacturer spec sheet (Mackie), checked 2026-11-07

  • MicrophonesMic cable

    Sommer sells it as a microphone cable for stage use and home recording, XLR female at the mic end and XLR male at the mixer end Manufacturer spec sheet (Sommer Cable), checked 2026-11-07

You’ll also need

  • A second cable for stereoOne per side

    The DDJ-FLX10's Master 1 is a set of XLR output terminals, left and right, so a pair of speakers needs two cables User manual (Pioneer DJ), checked 2026-11-07

  • A TRS-to-XLR cable for a booth outputNot XLR

    The DDJ-FLX10's booth output is a pair of balanced 1/4-inch TRS jacks, which an XLR-to-XLR cable doesn't fit User manual (Pioneer DJ), checked 2026-11-07

Key specs

Lengths
0.2 to 30 m; black, blue, green, grey, purple, red and yellow
Connectors
HICON XLR BASIC, 3-pin female to 3-pin male, silver-plated contacts, nickel-plated metal housing, 3-chuck collet strain relief, transparent code ring for labels
Conductors
2 × 0.22 mm² (AWG 24), oxygen-free copper, 28 strands each
Shield
Dense helical (spiral) copper mesh, 100% optical coverage
Outer diameter
6.5 mm
Jacket
Super Soft PVC, filled almost to the core
All 9 specifications
Capacitance
70 pF/m (conductor to conductor)
Weight
50.8 g per metre of cable
Warranty
5 years (10 years on cables still in older packaging that states it)

9 of 9 figures sourced; hover one for its source

Our take

Rory TassellWritten from the sources on this page, not from a loan unit.

No professional review of this assembly was found. Of 224 Thomann owner reviews, 60 praise how flexible it is and how easily it coils, 41 value the colours for telling lines apart and 25 report no hum. The reservation is the HICON plugs: seven found a latch stiff, rough or loose, and three had an early fault. Buy it for colour-coded mic and speaker runs; for Neutrik plugs, choose the same cable as SGMF.

What it is

Status, November 2026: current. Sommer Cable still lists the Stage 22 Highflex SGHN in its premade microphone cables.

What it is

The SGHN is Sommer Cable's Stage 22 Highflex microphone cable made up with a 3-pin XLR female plug at one end and an XLR male plug at the other, sold from 0.2 to 30 m in black, blue, green, grey, purple, red and yellow (Sommer Cable product page). Two 0.22 mm² copper cores sit under a dense spiral copper shield in a soft PVC jacket 6.5 mm across, and Sommer gives the capacitance as 70 pF/m. The plugs are Sommer's own HICON XLR BASIC, not Neutrik, with silver-plated contacts, a nickel-plated metal shell and a clear ring for a label. Sommer's warranty is five years.

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 speaker or monitor such as the JBL 305P MkII; a stereo pair needs two. Of 224 owner reviews read at Thomann, 60 praise how it lies flat and coils, and 41 use the colours to trace lines on stage. Seven found the HICON latch or release button stiff, rough or loose, and two note that short lengths are measured plug tip to plug tip.

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