Julf wrote: > Well, in that thread, Sean states rather clearly: "That's right. The > XLRs are proper differential, balanced outputs." > > So both pin 2 and pin 3 are "hot", as in carry the signal, and are not > referenced to ground. Only difference is that one is inverting, and the > other isn't. Do you know the absolute polarity of your whole system? > Does it matter?
Ideally/hopefully it should only matter at the speakers i supose they may not be perfectly linear pushing out or pulling in even in the best of worlds who know how transients behave . Or maybe you have not perfect convertion from balanced to single ended conection somewhere in the system , with less than ideal electronics transformers etc . But then you need recorded material with known polarity to test listen with .... ? Or be happy that your known to be good recordings sound their best ? Are there test signals for this ? you may need a scope ? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102342 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
