RCA to XLR interconnect wiring diagram


Building my own interconnects and looking for a wiring diagram to go from male RCA to male XLR. I am using non-shielded cable. The wire is Homegrown Audio's SC-8 silver braid which uses 8 strands of silver wire. 4 signal and 4 ground when used for RCA to RCA termination. Thanks, Brian
spfury1965

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If the component with XLRs is IEC-compliant use pin 2 for all signal wires and send two ground wires each to pins 1/3.
My experience is the same as spfury's. I use the wiring I suggested above with all of my unbalanced source components RCA outs (DVD, VCR, TV) into my balanced preamp XLR ins with not a sign of noise even with the gain at max. I think you're fine as is.