I've never had any trouble with any of my cables... I typically use a 21 foot monster cable with my band and when I'm just playing alone I use a 10 or 11 foot Horizon cable... they're both about 5 years old now. The only thing that bothers me about walking around with a long cable... I usually coil my cables after using them so they are used to being wrapped and as I walk around they coil themselves up... sometimes tying annoying knots. Nothing to be too concerned about... but that's the extent of my problems with cables. Does anyone know how the new Samson Airline Wireless systems compare to using a cable? I'm thinking of getting one but I don't know if I'd lose any tone...