OK, I'm looking at getting a decent quality "stage snake" from Whirlwind, Radial, or some other decent quality manufacturer to sit between my preamps and drum mics. Probably 25', but maybe 50'. Definitely no longer than that.
Am I about to make a several hundred dollar mistake? Is the signal quality from my mics going to be significantly degraded by doing this?
BTW, for the most part, I'm not using crap. The mics are not great, but good (57 on snare, Sennheiser e604 on toms, Shure Beta 52 on kick, AT4033 on overheads). The pres are Sytek, Great River MP-2NV, and UA 2108. Audio interface is MOTU 896HD into Nuendo.
Not a bad signal chain, and I don't want to screw it up. Whaddya think? To Snake, Or Not To Snake? That is my question.