15 Aug
2014
15 Aug
'14
6:15 p.m.
On Aug 15, 2014, at 21:05, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
XLR? Looks like a cylinder with 3 pins? Very common in the recording industry, most often
with microphones. Balanced line, typically low-impedance receivers (minimizing the effect
of EMI vs. high-impedance).
There are cheap input boxes (USB and FireWire) that have XLR inputs. I'm a fan of my
M-Audio FireWire Solo. There are also mic preamps that will take balanced in and output
both balanced and single ended, which may be a better solution than the adaptor (which is
usually just a cheap, nasty transformer).
- Dave
On Aug 15, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Tony Duell <ard
at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
...
Perhaps some audiophool could tell me why domestic audio equipment never
has balanced inputs and outputs. Now that, by eliminating problems from
ground noise, could make a real differnece. But that's engineering, not
snake oil, I guess.
Some does. I have a set of Nakamichi microphones that have balanced outputs, I forgot
the name of the connector but it?s widely used in professional audio. Fortunately it
comes with adapters for my unbalanced home-grade recorder.