MEDUSA® STANDARD SERIES AUDIO SNAKES
Hand made in Rochester NY, USA

Whirlwind's Medusa Series Snakes have been the touring standard worldwide for decades. They're still made here at our Rochester NY factory.

Standard Medusa features include:

  • Heavy duty powder coated steel stagebox with Whirlind connectors.

  • Whirlwind by Belden CM rated multipair cable, heavy duty, flexible, NEC CM rated multipair cable. Each pair contains two twisted 24GA 7x32 polyethylene insulated conductors with 100% foil shield and 24GA drain wire.

  • Fanouts with multiple layers of rugged heat shrink at the most critical points.

  • Fanouts feature Whirlwind connectors with engraved numbers and letters.

  • Genuine Kellems® wire mesh hanger to support the fanout at the board.

  • Genuine Kellems® strain relief and grip with internal cable clamp.

Standard fanout lengths are:
3 ft. - up to 28 channels
4 ft. - 28 channels and up

Optional SnakeSkin® is available for the ultimate in fanout protection.

Medusas are also available with integrated cable reel. Call for ordering information.

The chart below reflects our standard combinations or download our Snake Configuration Worksheet PDF which will walk you through the different features available.

(Other custom configurations are available by request.)



"What makes a Medusa so tough?"

Here's the inside story as to why Whirlwind snakes are recognized as the most rugged and reliable in the business.
Standard Snakeskin® Colors
Input Ch # Std Color
1-8 black
9-16 white
17-24 blue
25-32 purple
33-40 yellow
41-48 green
49-56

 orange
All Returns red
Model Number
MS - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Match number to chart
(eg: MS-24-4-XL-100-SS)

NUMBER OF INPUTS
1
6 - 6 inputs
8 - 8 inputs
9 - 9 inputs
12 - 12 inputs
16 - 16 inputs
20 - 20 inputs
24 - 24 inputs
32 - 32 inputs
48 - 48 inputs
56 - 56 inputs

NUMBER OF RETURNS
2
 0 - no returns
 3 - 3 returns (with 6 inputs)
 4 - 4 returns (with 8, 12, 16, or 24 inputs)
 8 - 8 returns (with 24, or 48 inputs)
10 - 10 returns (with 32 inputs)

TYPE OF RETURN CONNECTORS
3
XL - XLR
SB - 1/4" TRS
NR - no returns

LENGTH IN FEET (M)
4
050 - 50' (15.25)
100 - 100' (30.5)
150 - 150' (45.8)

SNAKESKIN® OPTION
(Add to end of part #)
5
SS - Snakeskin applied to fanout
(Blank) - no snakeskin



Hardwired Split Options
(Add To Above Catalog Number)
1 2 3 4
Match number to chart

TYPE OF SPLIT
1
SP1 - parallel split
SP2 - transformer isolated split

NUMBER OF CHANNELS SPLIT
2
0-56 - number of channels split

GROUND LIFT OPTIONS
3
G1 - ground lift on split out
NG - no ground lifts

SPLIT CABLE LENGTH
4
XXX - length of split in feet