CAT Tails

Eliminate the need for extra cables with SoundTools CAT Tails, our easy-to-use audio-over-cat5 breakout cable.
-Plugs directly into analog or digital consoles
-Compatible with 48-volt phantom power
-Available in male or female XLR or DMX configurations
-Four 24” AES3 grade cables and one etherCON RJ45 connector

 

VERSATILE BREAKOUT SNAKE

Efficiently run multiple audio or COM formats down a single Cat cable with the SoundTools CAT tails XLR or DMX to CAT breakout snake. Available in 3-pin or 5-pin male and female configurations, CAT Tails can be plugged directly into consoles or stage boxes to allow transmission of up to four lines of audio or AES3 down a shielded Cat cable.

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CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Simplify your stage set up with SoundTools CAT Tails and run one slim Cat5e cable instead of 4 bulky XLR or DMX cables. CAT Tails are all-black, all-analog units with clear, laser-etched numbers 1-4 on each tail. With audio and COM over Cat5, we’ve run balanced analog as far as 600 feet in our workshop. When used with shielded cat cable, like our SuperCAT and SuperCAT Sound cables, CAT Tails are compatible with 48-volt phantom power and can run four channels of lossless audio and com with no interference and no distortion.

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PLAYS NICE WITH OTHERS

CAT Tails are compatible with all of our Analog Audio Over CAT5 of products, including our own series of CAT5 cables like the SoundTool SuperCAT cable, the SoundTools CAT Box, CAT Rack, and WallCAT. Mix and match fo the ultimate in modular snakes.

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CREATED WITH EXPERIENCE

We chose the best in entertainment grade Neutrik connectors and AES3 grade cabling, and then housed the connections in ultra-rugged machined anodized aluminum that is so tough we have a lifetime guarantee called our Happy Human Warranty. If you’re not happy with it within the first year, you can return it for a refund. At any time after that, if it fails, contact us and we’ll send you a replacement.