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Balanced to RCA or Opposite

Being at the apex of my search jorney for a perfect sound I purchased today Behringer DEQ2496 Ultra Curve Pro equalizer.
They idea is to plug it between a turntable (Oracle) and integrated SS amplifier(Dk Design). I hope that by introducing it into my audio system I will be able to "soften" or "warm up" the sound. The problem is that the turntable and amplifier both use RCA input/output connectors. And my new to me Behringer equalizer only has XLR (aka Balanced)connectors. Should I use some XLR(Balanced) to RCA adapters...I wonder if there are some better options?
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eldartford
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As suggested in the other thread, your neatest way to hook up the DEQ2496 would be to get two 2-channel unbalanced interconnects with RCA on one end and XLR on the other. One cable will have male XLRs and the other female XLRs.

I see from a photo of the DK design amp that it has jumpers connecting pre out and power in. Just pull out the jumpers and connect the equalizer at this point.
eldartford
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Rwwear...The DEQ2496 detects whether the connection is balanced or unbalanced, and adjusts gain accordingly. Thus, for example, I can use unbalanced in and balanced out and still have unity gain through the unit.

By the way, it is also possible to vary the overall gain up or down by 10dB so as to accomodate special needs of a particular system. I use this feature to lower the gain for my rear channel speakers (I have two DEQ2496, front and rear) which are more sensitive than the fronts. This means that only small adjustments for multichannel channel balance are needed.
eldartford
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Rwwear...If you demo'd the DEQ2496 it would sell itself. Most Behringer equipment is aimed at the live music pro sound market, but this unit has serious audiophile applications.
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