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Using 3.55mm splitter and rca to XLR adapter?

Hi,

I use mostly vinyl but also want to use my chord mojo for digital because battery and built in memory card storage with chord poly so easy plug play and good sound.

Challenge is output is 3.55mm so I use audioquest 3.5mm to RCA splitter. Alas they dont sell 3.55mm to XLR splitter. My favorite Interconnect cable is XLR on both ends.

Cardas sells a high end adapter rca to xlr.

I was thinking of converting 3.55mm to rca via audioquest adapter and then plugging cardas adapter into audioquest adapter so can use my XLR cables into that.

I have a rca cable that is pretty good but the XLR cable is much better....just hesitate whether using two adapter back to back wise and how much lost anyway 3.5mm into RCA at first adapter.

That said sound digital on high resolution files excellent already using my lesser rca cable...
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karmapolice OP
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so I have a high end galileo xlr cable I used with my phono preamp to line stage preamp. I was hoping when using digital and therefore not using phonopreamp to also use same xlr cable to connect from mojo to preamp, Accordingly, I dont want to permanently change to RCA from XLR.

what I wanted was a 3.55mm male to XLR splitter (both male) but they dont seem to exist.  they do if want some sort of female in the mix

I have an audioquest 3.55mm to RCA splitter.

there are plenty of 3.55mm to XLR cables (as short as 1 foot) but that is not really an adapter since you have a foot of cable too so kinda defeats purpose of adapter sonically imho
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uberwaltz
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TBH the RCA splitters I use (for a different intent entirely) all have the approx 1 foot of cable inbetween.
I actually like that as much more flexibility of placement and routing of cables than having solid adapters that MIGHT infringe on available space behind your equipment.

Really not sure an extra 1 foot of cable would make any more sonic impact than the whole idea of an adapter per se.
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karmapolice OP
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Bought cardas clear rca to xlr adapter and no noise volume up no music and sounds great using chord mojo with poly 3.5mm output to rca audioquest rca splitter to cardas xlr adapter to my SR Galileo XLR cables into my pass labs preamp.  I mostly use vinyl but for occasional use works great.
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