jcb--the Cary sounds great; leave me my feedback! deshapiro--I have the SCD-1. Look on the back of it. Make sure you have the switch set to balanced output. In one position it enables the single-ended RCA outputs, in the other position it enables the balanced XLR outputs. I'm willing to bet that's your problem.
Please help with balanced interconnects!
Please, somebody, I need help. I yielded to temptation and bought a new preamp. I had previously been running a Sony SCD-1 with the analog out(SACD) and the digital out through a DAC. These had been going through a midfi HT processor with RCA inputs only. Well, I bought a new preamp(through Audiogon, of course!). The preamp only has balanced connections. I had bought some balanced IC's in anticipation of this. So I hooked every thing up and settled in to listen to the music. Nothing!. I went and checked all the connections. I settled back in and ...nothing. In desperation I actually reread the manuals of the preamp, the DAC and the SCD-1.It appears as if the preamp has balanced connections with pin 2 + and pin 3-. The DAC is reversd as is the Sony. Could this be the problem? if so, please help. TIA, David