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RCA and XLR on the same cable?
I own an Anthem AVM-20 that has balanced outputs. My Hsu subwoofer has
only RCA inputs. Does an XLR-RCA cable offer any theoretical or practical advantage, or should I save the money and just stick with RCA-RCA ?? |
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No electrical advantage at all and unless large distances are involved,
none for a balanced wiring setup in home audio. Xlr connecters are sometimes of the lock type which allows some practical value in not being pulled out by accident. I own an Anthem AVM-20 that has balanced outputs. My Hsu subwoofer has only RCA inputs. Does an XLR-RCA cable offer any theoretical or practical advantage, or should I save the money and just stick with RCA-RCA ?? |
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Scott wrote:
I own an Anthem AVM-20 that has balanced outputs. My Hsu subwoofer has only RCA inputs. Does an XLR-RCA cable offer any theoretical or practical advantage, or should I save the money and just stick with RCA-RCA ?? No advantage at all. The whole cable run will be unbalanced, and depending on the design of the Anthem's output, you may well end up with a worse result by grounding one of the outputs. -- Mark. http://tranchant.plus.com/ |