Moderators Travis In Austin Posted December 23, 2017 Moderators Share Posted December 23, 2017 44 minutes ago, EMRR said: Well, AES/EBU can be used for analog audio, as I said, it's superior with very long runs because of the lower capacitance. I said it clumsily in my post, I meant to say that DMX is backwards compatible with AES/EBU but it depends on the impedance of a particular AES/EBU whether it will work well for DMX. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleywood Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 So much good info in this thread for a newbie to XLR interconnects like myself. My new Rotel Amp has XLR inputs. My old Kenwood system sounded great unbalanced but with the Kenwood CD player unbalanced to the Rotel it's lacking depth. Sounds flat and tinny. Since my current transport doesn't support XLR if I were to upgrade what would you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol_mcdonald Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 On 12/14/2017 at 1:49 PM, JohnA said: Because balanced cables were designed for noise cancellation on long, low voltage, high gain microphone cables. YAY! Somebody gets it! The performance "gains" mentioned would be imperceptible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 11 hours ago, Harleywood said: Kenwood CD player Does your CD player have a digital output and does your Rotel have a digital input? If yes, I would try that connection first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 3 hours ago, Ol_mcdonald said: YAY! Somebody gets it! The performance "gains" mentioned would be imperceptible. Thank you for the video that explains why balanced is better than unbalanced, even if the difference is not perceived on home stereos by most listeners, including myself. I like how the video shows the "noise" as a multiplex type signal that may not change the music, but is a form of distortion that could become added to the unbalanced signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol_mcdonald Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 You are welcome. It is a good video explaining in fairly simple terms the difference between balanced and unbalanced connections. I was speaking of the .0002 difference in THD, is imperceptible. If say a person has a hum or noise problem from a wad of cables crossed up every which way or a long mic cable, balanced interconnects will make a distinguishable difference, and yes may possibly provide better specs you could only observe under laboratory conditions. Oh, and high dollar fancy cables are a rip, buy some decent cable in the 10-20 buck range for a pair. Don't be sucked in by the 500 buck single cable that claims to be superior, it's wire. Save your money for something else. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Ruh Roh... Shielded RCA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleywood Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 On 12/30/2017 at 11:59 AM, Khornukopia said: Does your CD player have a digital output and does your Rotel have a digital input? If yes, I would try that connection first. CD player is RCA only that's my problem. I've upgraded everything else so I guess it's time for a new deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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