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  XLR waste of time ?
would it be worth it to use a set of cardas adapters, rca to xlr , in order to run my simaudio lp3 into my ayre K5x-e balanced preamp xlr input instead of the rca input im currently using ? thanks .
Jrw40  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

11-21-09
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11-22-09   Yes, it's a waste of time. the adapters don't create a true ...   Ghostrider45

11-22-09   And money, too.   Buconero117

11-22-09   Yep... spend that money on something else.   Blindjim

11-22-09   The main issue is that your moon lp3 does not accept a balan ...   Nrenter

11-22-09   I second nrenter and the others here.   Shadorne

11-22-09   Yes, it is waste.   Gallant_diva

11-22-09   Yep, i agree with everyone else. except what ghostrider say ...   Lewm

11-23-09   You may also want to consider whether you can find xlr conne ...   Jimjoyce25

11-23-09   Xlrs are often better than the best of rca ics, no worries t ...   Atmasphere

11-23-09   well...while this may be conceptually useful, it's not stri ...   Nrenter

11-23-09   Atmasphere: "no worries there"? really. what xl ...   Jimjoyce25

11-24-09   Jimjoyce25, i believe atmasphere has had favorable experien ...   C1ferrari

11-24-09   Jimjoyce, the xlr connector is just a better design than an ...   Lewm

11-24-09   Xlr circuit has two to three times the complexity of rca, no ...   Gallant_diva

11-24-09   Nrenter, its a fact that there are cable guys out there that ...   Atmasphere

11-24-09   Let me rephrase the question: what xlr connectors do you (o ...   Jimjoyce25

11-24-09   Dear gallant_diva, you wrote, "xlr circuit has two to t ...   Lewm

11-24-09   Atmasphere, you gloss over many things that are not obvious ...   Nrenter

11-24-09   ignoring for a moment the preference for exotic materials s ...   Shadorne

11-24-09   Jimjoyce25, the standard neutrik will do the job. its availa ...   Atmasphere

11-24-09   It sounds as if the conclusions being voiced here are based ...   Jimjoyce25

11-24-09   Hello, i've found the following highly informative: http:/ ...   C1ferrari

11-24-09   Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes xlrs with pure ...   Jimjoyce25

11-25-09   Jimjoyce25 all the subtle design parameters, like cable geom ...   Atmasphere

11-25-09   I share ralph's philosophy on this one. if you buy the right ...   Shadorne

11-25-09   So, your view is that a properly designed balanced cable geo ...   Jimjoyce25

11-26-09   yes you are right. it is mostly the tin-eared folks in pro ...   Shadorne

11-26-09   Jj25, keep us posted with what you learn. however, you do r ...   Nrenter

11-26-09   Nrenter---my thought was to do the comparison between the pr ...   Jimjoyce25

11-27-09   Your response indicates you don't fully understand your test ...   Nrenter

11-27-09   I used to "believe" that balanced cables were bett ...   Peterayer

11-27-09   Nrenter, you got it exactly right. that is why i am careful ...   Atmasphere

11-27-09   not sure how balanced cabling can be used with rca connector ...   Almarg

11-27-09   Almarg, thank you for the jensen transformer link. best, s ...   C1ferrari

11-27-09: Almarg
Sam, you're very welcome.

And thanks very much for the link you provided to the Rane paper, in your post dated 11/24. It is indeed, as you said, very informative, and makes the point (among many other points) that a lot of balanced equipment is designed incorrectly in some of the respects we have been discussing here.

That perhaps being one of the reasons for the disagreements that tend to arise about balanced vs. unbalanced, and perhaps being an underlying reason for some cases of sensitivity to cable differences as well, as Shadorne has often pointed out.

Best regards,
-- Al

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12-01-09   Hi, al, agreed. i value your comments...thanks for sharing ...   C1ferrari

12-01-09   Gentlemen: there's much that i don't know about electronics ...   Jimjoyce25

12-03-09   Jimjoyce25, that's really a tough call. the problem is that ...   Atmasphere

12-03-09   Ralph, thanks for the comprehensive and excellent summary. ...   Almarg

12-03-09   I second al, thanks ralph! your contributions a lot of weigh ...   Shadorne

12-04-09   Jimjoyce, your dream of comparing single-ended to balanced u ...   Lewm


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