Hmm, I read this and was curious. Please confirm, but in a case like this you don't get the benefit of a balanced IC since there is no balanced circuit on the receiving end, yes? It's essentially an RCA IC with an odd connector on one end.
XLR to RCA conversion for sub
My Threshold FET 10E has two sets of outputs to amps, 1 RCA, 1 balanced. I was running bi-amped through both to two Threshold amps to B&W Matrix 802 Series 3 speakers. But one of the amps has a problem, and blew the crossover in my left channel mid/tweeter, and is blowing the rail fuse in the left channel. So while my amp is being sent to Jon Soderberg and my 802 Series 3 to an authorized dealer for repair, I still have a working Threshold amp, and an older set of 802F B&W's. Great speakers, but lacking in bass and not bi-amped. So, throw in a ASW-1000 sub which has it's own amp. My question is: as I have been up-grading to Transparent Plus or Super cables through out my system, but leaving the balanced until last. I need to go from the FET 10E to the sub via the balanced out on the pre-amp, and yet an RCA in on the B&W ASW - 1000 sub. So can I just use an XLR to RCA cable? Or should I use a balanced converter box to un-balanced? It is just a sub, so is the balanced signal good enough for a powered sub which is mono to start with? I can see where it is more critical in imaging in the higher frequencies..... Tom