You are losing a -potential- benefit. In your setup it might make not make a difference.
XLR shields against noise by using a third wire. This wire carries the signal inverted. On the receiving end, the inverted signal is swapped back and added to the non inverted signal canceling out any noise introduced in transmission. RCA can block noise through good shielding but it's a lot harder and results vary wildly. Both types of cables can still affect the sound through different levels of resistance, capacitance, inductance, etc. If you're going to use an XLR->RCA interconnect be sure and open the Lavry and swap the jumper to get the signal levels right. Also be sure you get the pinouts right when you buy the cables. -Ben -- Ben Diss 'SB3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) -> 'Lavry DA10' (http://www.lavryengineering.com/productspage_da_10.html) -> 'BAT VK-31SE' (http://www.balanced.com/products/line/Vk-31SE/index.html) -> 'Halo A21' (http://www.parasound.com/halo/a21.php) -> 'B&W 803D' (http://www.bwspeakers.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.models/label/Model%20803D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32699 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
