Hi.
I'm looking for a pair of desktop speakers and I was almost sold on Adam T5V when I noticed that their depth is almost 30cm, which is over 11cm more than my current speakers. I can still decide to buy them, but I also went back to the list of recommended active speakers and ROKIT 5 G4 could be another contender which less excessive depth (24cm). One gotcha here is that those speakers have only (balanced) TRS/XLR combo jacks. In the long term I may pick up some DAC + headphone amp, but for now I've planned to connect new speakers directly to the sound card. So for an ignorant person tha I am it looked like I need to buy a 3.5mm (or 1/8 inch) to 2 x XLR cable. Is there any gotcha with those? I've found following information in manuals on the KRK site:
Is e.g. this cable - https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-3-5mm-Inch-Breakout/dp/B07PJXKKX6 - an appropriate one? Or https://www.amazon.pl/MOBOREST-podwójny-polączeniowy-stereo-mikrofonem/dp/B07V6QS5G9 (the description is in Polish but the pictures shows some data in English).
I'm looking for a pair of desktop speakers and I was almost sold on Adam T5V when I noticed that their depth is almost 30cm, which is over 11cm more than my current speakers. I can still decide to buy them, but I also went back to the list of recommended active speakers and ROKIT 5 G4 could be another contender which less excessive depth (24cm). One gotcha here is that those speakers have only (balanced) TRS/XLR combo jacks. In the long term I may pick up some DAC + headphone amp, but for now I've planned to connect new speakers directly to the sound card. So for an ignorant person tha I am it looked like I need to buy a 3.5mm (or 1/8 inch) to 2 x XLR cable. Is there any gotcha with those? I've found following information in manuals on the KRK site:
Note: Your Rokit G4 monitors have friction lock, Neutrik combo connectors for the input. Use an
XLR cable or TRS (tip, ring, sleave) 1/4” balanced cables to connect to your interface, mixing board
or monitor controller. You can use an 1/8” to Stereo 1/4” unbalanced (mono) to hook up directly to
a phone, computer or music player. (CAUTION: Be sure the volume on your device is set to
minimum and then adjust to taste.)
If you are using an unbalanced output to balanced cable conversion, make sure it is correct. The shield is connected to the unbalanced ground of the source
and pins 1 and 3 of the XLR (or the sleeve and ring on the ¼” TRS jack).
Is e.g. this cable - https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-3-5mm-Inch-Breakout/dp/B07PJXKKX6 - an appropriate one? Or https://www.amazon.pl/MOBOREST-podwójny-polączeniowy-stereo-mikrofonem/dp/B07V6QS5G9 (the description is in Polish but the pictures shows some data in English).