CONNECTORS and PLUGS USED FOR WIRING PA SYSTEMS Follow this link to find out the difference between a signal and speaker cable:

XLR Female (canon) Used to connect microphones, Loudspeakers enclosures, amplifiers and mixers. Can be wired to use as speaker or signal cable.

XLR Male (canon) Used to connect microphones at mixer end and amplifiers depending on how they are wired. These are used on signal cables only.

¼ inch Mono Jack Used to connect instruments to amplifiers, DI boxes or line inputs on mixers when wired as a signal cable. Can also be used when wired with speaker cable for loudspeaker enclosures.

Speakon Used for speaker cable connections from Amplifiers to Loudspeaker enclosures. This is a new type of plug which is safer and more efficient than the older type canon and ¼” jack mentioned above.

RCA Phono plug mono Used to connect Line Level devices to mixers including iPods, CD players and computers. White color RCA is Left (mono) and red is RIGHT (stereo)

3.5mm Minijack stereo Used to connect iPods, computers and Mp3 players to mixing desk.

Stereo ¼ inch jack Used for stereo headphones out of mixing desks