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MikeH said:
i will preface this with "i know nothing about cables or balanced" but how does one go from RCA to TRS? or can you go RCA to XLR?
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You can get pseudo balanced cables that will pass the signal fine but I won’t be balanced into a single ended input and it’s not the best call. I definitely wouldn’t do the opposite of going single ended into a balanced input, so RCA into TRS or XLR without some kind of gain/converter stage between, I think decware does one. Balanced has its pros and is something I like but I’d always say it’s best to go single ended to single ended or balanced to balanced.
 
That said @MikeH you totally can get pseudo balanced cables that will work either way if it’s a no other choice kinda situation, it’s not what I’d choose if it was my call though.
 
Joe Mac said:
That said @MikeH you totally can get pseudo balanced cables that will work either way if it’s a no other choice kinda situation, it’s not what I’d choose if it was my call though.
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not really in the market for these right now, but just something i was curious about! so ideally, you'd want a TT that outputs balanced, then a power amp that does balanced and a preamp that does balanced....none of which i have haha.
 
MikeH said:
not really in the market for these right now, but just something i was curious about! so ideally, you'd want a TT that outputs balanced, then a power amp that does balanced and a preamp that does balanced....none of which i have haha.
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Yeah I gotta say I don't see this sales strategy Pro Ject is going for as doing well AT all. I think people are going to see all this info about balanced outputs and whatnot and just immediately turn the page because WHO HAS TIME FOR ALL THAT SHIT.
 
MikeH said:
not really in the market for these right now, but just something i was curious about! so ideally, you'd want a TT that outputs balanced, then a power amp that does balanced and a preamp that does balanced....none of which i have haha.
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Well TTs are actually balanced as they come…

But if I was going balanced I’d ideally want both devices that are connecting to one another to have the option to be balanced..
 
Mather said:
Yeah I gotta say I don't see this sales strategy Pro Ject is going for as doing well AT all. I think people are going to see all this info about balanced outputs and whatnot and just immediately turn the page because WHO HAS TIME FOR ALL THAT SHIT.
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i guess if i was starting from scratch, maybe i'd go for an all-balanced rig. but definitely not gonna double back...
 
Mather said:
Yeah I gotta say I don't see this sales strategy Pro Ject is going for as doing well AT all. I think people are going to see all this info about balanced outputs and whatnot and just immediately turn the page because WHO HAS TIME FOR ALL THAT SHIT.
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I think given that you can run all those tables single ended as well it’s probably not that big a deal, and they’re not the first to aggressively push balanced, but while it has its benefits they’re probably most seen in pro audio or if you’re running a big cable run from a pre to a power amp next to speakers and that’s often a strategy of the super rich and we need to eat them right now
 
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MikeH said:
i guess if i was starting from scratch, maybe i'd go for an all-balanced rig. but definitely not gonna double back...
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I don’t have the whole set up balanced but I do between the phono and the pre and between the pre and the power but I’m not using any pseudo cables and both ends of the connection are properly balanced.
 
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