It remains a little odd to me that Phonograph cartridges which are inherently balanced devices, don't have XLR outputs.Some do (well, some **arms** do anyway). Most tone arms have a balanced connection somewhere (even a lowly BSR or Garrard); its just not got the XLR connector.
Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input
My preamp doesn't have a switch to convert stereo to mono. I would like to switch a stereo signal to mono to set my cartridge azimuth (when using two channels out of phase, this method allows accurate balancing of the channels). Is there a way to build a simple converter: two RCA female plugs taking a stereo signal and mixing it to mono, output as two RCA male plugs (mono signal)?
I have a test LP that provides a stereo track (test signal) with the two sides out of phase. All I would need to do is feed that through the mono converter to set my azimuth.
Thanks for any advice. Peter