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Connecting soundcard to monitors
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| Ray_Chappell |
| RCA to XLR cable, or RCA to 1/4" cable. |
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| Acton |
A really, REALLY tight piece of string......preferably cotton based.
It's certainly the cheaper option, but if that doesnt work very well then it is probably worth doing it the way Ray_Chappell mentioned ;) |
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| palm |
btw consider ESI near 08 instead of those monitors, looks exact same, but their better. m-audio always tried to copy ESI
edit: u still probably want a volumekontroll between the soundcard and the monitors. check out this one:
http://www.smproaudio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=82 |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ray_Chappell
RCA to XLR cable, or RCA to 1/4" cable. |
RCA to unbalanced 1/4" TRS, yeah. XLR is for balanced signals. |
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| Ray_Chappell |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eldritch
XLR is for balanced signals. |
So is TRS. :) |
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| palm |
u can run unbalanced on both trs on xlr, no problem, u just loose 3dB i think (not sure about this one).
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
u can run unbalanced on both trs on xlr, no problem, u just loose 3dB i think (not sure about this one).
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Sorry palm, you are waaaaaaay of base on both your posts in this thread.
Firstly, the ESI Near 08 are exactly the same as the M-audio monitors. ESI bought them out first (they were made by a manufacturer in china) then M-audio got the same manufacturer to rebadge them about 6 years later. Both of them are crap and there are much better monitors on the market.
Second, you don't lose 3db, just the balanced aspect of the signal. There is a misconception that balanced signals operate at different line levels than unbalanced. The difference in DB is between pro (+4db) and semi pro (-10) operation levels in equipment, as nearly all unbalanced equipment is at -10db and most pro equipment is balanced at either -10 or +4db.
You are correct in that you can just run an XLR/TRS to phono just using the hot and cold connected respectively. |
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| Ray_Chappell |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Second, you don't lose 3db, just the balanced aspect of the signal. There is a misconception that balanced signals operate at different line levels than unbalanced. The difference in DB is between pro (+4db) and semi pro (-10) operation levels in equipment, as nearly all unbalanced equipment is at -10db and most pro equipment is balanced at either -10 or +4db. |
I'm kind of confused by your post. A true balanced connection is going to be louder than an unbalanced one. Balanced runs at +4, unbalanced at -10. Most pro equipment is balanced (+4), most semi-pro or retail equipment is unbalanced (-10). It's not a rule, but generally speaking, that is the case. That is why there is a relative variance in levels - it is balanced and unbalanced causing the variance, not necessarily pro and non-pro. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but there is a difference between balanced and unbalanced. In this case, you are interjecting an unbalanced signal (the RCA phonos), so it won't really matter either way - the signal is only as good as its weakest link. |
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| palm |
| im pretty sure u loose 3dB when converting from XLR to RCA atleast (balanced or not :nervous: ) from experience when i worked at a hifi-shop. dont know the theory behind it tho. i was not talking about the +4 / -10dB options around on monitors and soundcards. |
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