Microphone and cable

Hello Frank. Yeah, it can be confusing... I even purchased the incorrect cable, and I know about cables. Here's the link to the cable that I know is correct: https://harmonicaland.com/en/cordial-xlr-to-jack-cable-16ft

Frank:

To confuse everything, the mic Hohner sold years ago, the "Blues Blaster," also used a three-pin XLR, but wired differently (with the "hot" pin being different than any other microphone XLR cable) so that one had to either purchase Hohner's "special" cable for it, or re-wire either the mic itself or a standard XLR cable. And along the way it led to a lot of "what's wrong with my mic?" questions on forums like this one.

Thankfully, the new Hohner HB52 is wired so that any female XLR to male TS (the standard 1/4" mono cable plug, used e.g., for guitar cables) works fine.

The XLR output is a little different than mics that use either a Switchcraft screw-on or 1/4" plug, but Hohner seems to think that it makes for a more secure connection at the mic end.

And to add even more confusion, there are harp-configured mics out that also use an XLR output, but are low impedence. So simply using an XLR to 1/4" cable leads some users to ask, "why is my mic so quiet?" For those low-impedence mics, an impedence converter is needed before plugging into an amp. Again, Hohner did it right, making the HB52 as a high-impedence mic. Thus, one less thing to have to remember to throw into one's harp kit before going out to play.