OK, interesting.   So at least in the case of the Goldline and it's 
cable, circa 2001, it was a 4 pin setup.   I would just confirm that 
if   mixing brands, that mic and cable are the same.

73, Steve KW3A

On 8/26/2015 4:45 PM, Colin McDonald wrote:
> there are 4 pin xlr type, though they are not common...the common type is
> the 3pin variety.
> The 4 pin may be called something else, or just xlr...the 3pin xlr connecter
> has been out for many decades though so nothing has changed, and the 4 pin
> has been out since at least the 60's as I had an old guitar amp that used a
> 4pin xlr to connect the head to the cabinet...and now that I think about it,
> they reversed the standard configuration and the cabinet had the male
> connecter for input instead of the standard opposite of that.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Forst
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 2:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Heil CC1-XLR
>
> Mike,
>
> I'm no audio guy, and have little experience with XLR connectors.
> However, in 2001 when I got my Goldline mic as a free promotion,  it
> came with a long cable with XLR female on one end to connect to the mic
> and 8 pin round for the radio end with the 1/4 jack for ptt.
>
> The XLR connectors were 4 pin and didn't match up with anything else I
> had in the shack.   Don't know if this is a different standard, an
> oddball, or something peculiar to Heil.   Again, I don't know much about
> this stuff, and it was 15 years ago. Maybe different today.
>     If you plan on mixing the Heil cable with another mic, I would
> confirm that  things will match up before spending the money.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> On 8/26/2015 3:57 PM, Colin McDonald wrote:
>> if the connecter is on the microphone, it'll be a 3pin male...in the XLR
>> world, audio signal output is always XLR male, and input is always Female.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Ryan
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 1:26 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Heil CC1-XLR
>>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> Is the 3 pin XLR connector on the CC1 a male or female? The mics I'm
>> looking
>> at are all 3 pin XLR male.
>>
>> TNX and 73:
>> Mike DE VO1AX
>>