Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Audiophile Question
From: tcb at thadbrown.com (TCB)
Date: Thu Jan 15 07:04:09 2009

XLR cables are great for longer cable runs because they have built in noise
canceling and in some cases can fix grounding problems. Unbalanced coax (i.e.
RCA) is actually preferred for pure audio quality if you can use it. I'd try 
coax
and if you have noise problems switch to XLR. 

I once bought a mic preamp from a high end store and the guy made me prove I 
knew
how to deal with unbalanced connections before he sold it to me. Pretty 
funny. 

TCB

On Wed 14/01/09  9:44 PM , Greg Lorenzo gregj_lorenzo@hotmail.com sent:
> 
> I've got a new amplifier to hook-up to a new pre-processor. I can connect
> the two together with either RCA or XLR cables.
> Is there a noticeable benefit to hooking these up with XLR cables rather
> then RCA jacks?
> The distance between both units is approximately 4 feet.
> 
> Greg Lorenzo
> Calgary, Canada
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