Non-Latching or No Latch Female XLR Connector
I am thinking to put the XLR-RCA adopter as temporary solution.Keep in mind that doing this is likely to have considerably greater sonic consequences than those caused by the adapter itself. By changing the cabling from XLR to RCA (if I understand correctly that doing that is what you are referring to), in addition to the cable change itself you will be changing the configuration of the interface circuit that is being used in the component driving the cable, you will be defeating the advantages balanced connections provide with respect to reduced susceptibility to ground loop issues and noise pickup, and you will be reducing overall system gain by 6 db. If you do want to use an adapter, you might find that better results can be obtained by connecting an XLR male-to-male adapter in series with an XLR female-to-female adapter, which would avoid those potential downsides of using an XLR-to-RCA adapter. Of course, not using an adapter at all would still be preferable. XLR male-to-male adapters XLR female-to-female adapters Regards, -- Al |
Adding to my previous post, if what you are referring to is continuing to use balanced cabling, but using an XLR to RCA adapter at its end to adapt to an RCA input, that too would defeat the noise and ground loop-related benefits of a balanced interface. It would also change the configuration of the input circuit that is being used, and it might reduce system gain by 6 db. Also, and perhaps most significantly, many XLR to RCA adapters short one of the two signals in the balanced signal pair (usually and perhaps always the one on pin 3) to ground (pin 1), and depending on its design the output stage of the component driving the cable might not react well to that. I believe, btw, that Cardas adapters are one of those that do NOT short pin 3 to ground, on XLR female to RCA male adapters. (Pin 3 SHOULD be shorted to ground on XLR male to RCA female adapters). Regards, -- Al |
