The cable is durable and high quality with sufficient length of 6 meters. I don't have any previous experience with cable and recording equipment, but i didn't notice any sound distortion with this cable. I'm using it with Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, and Sennheiser E835 dynamic mic, and do get considerable humming noise, but i feel that is with the mic itself coz when i cover the mic with soft material the noise reduces considerably.