1) Balanced meaning that you have 3 connections - ground, hot (in phase) and
cold (180 degrees out of phase). The idea behind it is that in long cable
runs, electrical noise is minimised by cancelling out the noise which would
be common on both lines leaving behind the original signal. Unbalanced is
basically just ground and hot, as is in the case of the RCA connection. It's
most likely that the XLR connection is an AES/EBU digital transfer method so
linking it with an S/PDIF input wouldn't really happen 3#-)
2) To use the RCA digital output, you would need a converter box that would
take in the incoming signal and convert it into the appropriate pulses of
light. You can quite cheaply make such a box and can readily find the
circuits on the Minidisc Community site.
Enjoy!
Adios,
LarZ
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
Of James Jarvie
Sent: Tuesday, 4 January 2000 8:52
To: MD-List Digest
Subject: MD: Questions re: Audio Outputs on Denon Deck
I want to record digitally onto a Sharp MT-15.
My questions:
1. What is meant by "balanced" vs. "unbalanced"
2. If I want to use the RCA plug digitial output, I
obviously need a patch cord that is RCA -> mini. Is
there a special variety of this configuration that is
needed to handle the digital signal, or will any RCA
to mini cable do the trick?
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