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Digiflex makes decent ones too. Although it’d be nice to have a reasonably priced option that used known good brand name cable, not just good connectors.
Digiflex makes decent ones too. Although it’d be nice to have a reasonably priced option that used known good brand name cable, not just good connectors.
I think a way to differentiate the cables would be to use U.S.-sourced parts. So instead of Neutrik connectors, use Amphenol or Switchcraft, which are every bit as good as Neutrik. For cable, use Belden, which is every bit as good as Canare or Mogami.
Like to many of the "major" cable players I tried to find a cable from, BJC from their unbalanced->balanced cable website: "...pins 1 and 3 of the XLR are bridged". Which to my understanding and confirmed by Benchmark, provides an opportunity for shield/chassis ground loop currents to get into the audio path.
So no joy on meeting Hypex spec. Otherwise I would have certainly gone that route.
Digiflex makes decent ones too. Although it’d be nice to have a reasonably priced option that used known good brand name cable, not just good connectors.
Like to many of the "major" cable players I tried to find a cable from, BJC from their unbalanced->balanced cable website: "...pins 1 and 3 of the XLR are bridged". Which to my understanding and confirmed by Benchmark, provides an opportunity for shield/chassis ground loop currents to get into the audio path.
So no joy on meeting Hypex spec. Otherwise I would have certainly gone that route.
Understood. Just that I expected their standard RCA unbalanced to XLR balanced cable offering, specifically configured for this use case, to not have pins 1 and 3 tied together: https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/balancedaudio/balanced-to-unbalanced-cables.htm
"Unbalanced Out to Balanced In: When running an unbalanced source into a balanced load, the usual configuration is as above, and pins 1 and 3 of the XLR are bridged."
Understood. Just that I expected their standard RCA unbalanced to XLR balanced cable offering, specifically configured for this use case, to not have pins 1 and 3 tied together: https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/balancedaudio/balanced-to-unbalanced-cables.htm
"Unbalanced Out to Balanced In: When running an unbalanced source into a balanced load, the usual configuration is as above, and pins 1 and 3 of the XLR are bridged."
Perhaps their experience is more valuable to them than the confusing description from that Hypex article. Particularly when either bridged or “lifted” seems to work.
Understood. Just that I expected their standard RCA unbalanced to XLR balanced cable offering, specifically configured for this use case, to not have pins 1 and 3 tied together: https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/balancedaudio/balanced-to-unbalanced-cables.htm
"Unbalanced Out to Balanced In: When running an unbalanced source into a balanced load, the usual configuration is as above, and pins 1 and 3 of the XLR are bridged."
That is the usual configuration for unbalanced-to-balanced connections (short pin 3 - to pin 1 ground/shield). For balanced-to-unbalanced it is usual to leave XLR pin 3 open (floating) to avoid shorting the XLR's output driver. But the best solution depends upon the transmitting (source) and receiving (load) circuit design, and that is often unknown by the consumer.
Well since my interest in speakers is usually about 99% how they sound, I found it rather surprising that they couldn't find 20-30 seconds to actually give the viewer a sound check in the 8+ minutes they talked about the speakers.
