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Need 25 foot interconnects

I just moved around my equipment so that the rack with the preamp and digital sources is on the left side of the room and the monoblock amps are just behind the left speaker on a short platform on the floor.  I’m using a 15’ RCA interconnect right now, but want to move each monoblock to just behind each speaker — which means I need a longer cable.  The monoblocks are unbalanced RCA input only but my preamp can do balanced XLR or unbalanced RCA out.  Would a balanced XLR cable plus an XLR to RCA adapter work for this setup and be my best option?  Or should I just get a Belden (or similar) 25’ unbalanced RCA interconnect?  Or is there a better option?   

nymarty

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gdnrbob
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@holmz ,

+1

The best reason to use XLR is that they are less prone to introducing cable artifacts -sound qualities of the cable.

The Jensen are about the best out there and cost only a couple hundred bucks for a pair.

Bob

gdnrbob
4,421 posts
 

Mogami XLR cable is about as inexpensive as you can get, and still get decent quality. Probably cheaper than a lot of RCA cabling.

B

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