Balanced to RCA Adapters

Hi Tom_nice. I looked for the article but could not find it in the archives. I'm glad that smaller wire worked better for you. But did you go from a bigger stranded to a smaller solid core? I do not use stranded at all. It's all solid core. I got rid of $5000 of MIT cable and interconnects for $150 of home made stuff. 10 gauge power cord, 14 gauge speaker wire and 4 strands of solid core 18 gauge per interconnect. This stuff smashed the MIT. It's not even a question of preference it's just way better. Yes infinite amounts of conducting material does not mean the sound will be infinitly improved. Actually to much wire could be bad since wire does store and release energy and the more wire the more it will do that. I've found that to small of wire will dull the sound not letting the details through. So someone may prefer that if they had a harsh or bright system . Basicly I feel that my system is not forgiving at all. If I have a weak link anywhere my wire will let me know where it is. Anyways It takes experimenting and all I can say is the stuff I have is doing an incredible job and I've gotten huge improvements from upping the gauge in my interconnects the other day from 2 18 gauge strands to 4 18 gauge strands. Also Allot of systems may not have the clarity to notice a difference. (by the way I'm not refering to your system in anyway because I have never heard it. I'm sure it sounds great). System:Thiel speakers, B.A.T vk-200 amp, and reference line preeminence one series 2 preamp. NO LINE CONDITIONING no need for it. I just use my home made cords for that too!

Cardas makes a set of high-quality adaptors for $50.

Does anyone have the web addresses for any of the above mentioned sights? I am looking for female rca - female xlr adaptors for one of my new DAT decks. For the analog it only has balanced inputs and outputs. I need adaptors so I can use it with my normal cables. I figures they would be as easy to find as hitting the local Radio Shack but I was wrong.

Well after wasting countless hours looking for these damn adaptors, I found them at Sweetwater, musician store.You can go online at Sweetwater.com. Click on accessories ont he left side of the page, then click "cables and adaptors", then adaptors. The 14th item down the list is Hosa RCA(f)- XLRF adaptor, price $8.97 each.