Fifer;141488 Wrote: > I'd still like to know what the maximum practical cable length is?
Depending on the devices at each end, very long! 100foot plus is fine with good quality cable, connectors and most important is the design of the devices at each end. Sound reinforcement snake cables can be hundreds of feet long connecting very high end mics and mixing boards with high noise rejection. Proaudio sound reinforcement websites can give you a more scientific answer. I would not worry about 50 feet though. I have several 50 foot runs and total silence when recording in the house and my recording equipment is not SOTA by far. Consider using balanced headphones. I saw this ad in Stereophile this month. http://www.headphone.com/guide/by-headphone-type/balanced-type/ They can modify certain popular headphones into balanced drive too, with cable length listed up to 20 feet, (mod=$400) but you might be able to get longer. Then you could use internal volume control from Transporter? You could also use a pro audio 2 channel mic preamp with headphone output: http://www.presonus.com/mp20.html but might be overkill and not sure about the headphone amp which is not an important feature on this box. Might be some other pro sound options if you look carefully, my quick search didn't find any gold nuggets. You are paying for the balanced amplifier stage which you will not use at all! Or, why not build your own balanced headohone amp, good sound @much less $! Great designs here, with PCBs: http://sound.westhost.com/projects-1a.htm http://sound.westhost.com/project51.htm http://sound.westhost.com/project87.htm I hope you're enjoying the new Transporter. I'm hoping Santa will bring me one. Rich -- richidoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28111 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
