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Transsexual, Androgynous and Hybrid interconnects

Is it a better idea to have a custom interconnect cable terminated with a male XLR on one end and male RCA on the other? I'd rather not use an adapter if I didn't have to.

My amp only has XLR connections and the crossover that came with my newly purchased speakers only has RCA's. Is the custom cable I am proposing a good idea or is an adapter the best way to go?

Any advantages of one idea over the other?

thanks.....mitch
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mitch4t OP
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This is not for a subwoofer. I purchased a set of Infinity IRS Beta speakers and they come with a servo control/crossover that has all RCA connections and my amps only have XLR connections.

I understand about the re-sale value problem....I'll deal with that later. But from an audible standpoint, would a custom cable be better than using an adapter?
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mitch4t OP
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I spoke to Nelson Pass at Pass Labs. Sweetheart of a guy and gave me several solutions. The best one and most expensive one was to use Jensen Isomax Stereo "Pro" to "Consumer" Converter / Isolator at $210 per stereo pair. I will need two pair. There were couple other ways to go that were less expensive, but I'm in waay too deep now to possibly start to compromise everything I've done so far.

The model number is PC-2XR.

Please see the link below for the web page.

http://www.jensentransformers.com/pc2xr.html

....thanks to all of you for your responses.
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