not a responce more of a tangent[first time ever steped into this forum been reading for three hours or so]i bought a pr of audioquest diamond x-3 xlr lnterconects and need to use [or not depending on answers]from out on scd-1 sony to input on my cat pre which is rca only. by using off market adapter can i use this cable in such a manner. the adapters are for sale on audiogon now for $30 ea. pr. and as i say are no name units. i dont mind if i dont get 100% of the capabikities of the cable because even diminished its gotta sound beter than the ruby i am now using. i am more conserned with damage to equipment. hellpp
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
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