Xor or single ended?


Hi Goners!

I am sure this has been gone over but i seemed to have missed finding it...
What is preferred...A single ended tonearm cable to an orca phono input or a xor balanced termination tonearm to a balanced xor phono input?

Please, if you answer i would appreciate having solid reasoning as opposed to one"s own preferences...

I very much thank all for helping me understand.

Azjake

azjake

Showing 1 response by pbnaudio

Its generally not recommendable to hook up a fully balanced phono system with  RCA connectors because the negative node is thereby fully exposed on the barrel of the RCA connector i.e. not shielded,  this can have severely negative effects.  Most common hook up scheme is pin2 positive pin 3 negative and pin 1 chassis ground - signal ground should not be connected to pin 1.

We make mostly fully balanced phono stages with only XLR connectors on them. Even our little gem the Liberty B2B-1 is supplied with XLR connectors if one should wish to run a fully balanced phono system, obviously needing two of them in this configuration.


Good Listening

Peter