[mclsound]

i am adding a rca (from reciever pre-out) to male balanced for the input of Bryston 10blr.
I cut the female end off a pair of balanced mic cables and will solder a rca on it.
would you attach outer shield or just hot and cold(+,-) to rca.
the rca is a new Neutric pro series.
thanks John

[James Tanner]

i am adding a rca (from reciever pre-out) to male balanced for the input of Bryston 10blr.
I cut the female end off a pair of balanced mic cables and will solder a rca on it.
would you attach outer shield or just hot and cold(+,-) to rca.
the rca is a new Neutric pro series.
thanks John

Only 2 wires not 3.

james

[mclsound]

hi James,good holidays i hope.
so hot and cold,not outer shield,correct(this is what is confusing me)
John

[James Tanner]

Depending if it is feeding a male or a female it is hooked up differently - I would contact Mike at Bryston for clarity.

james

[brucek]

so hot and cold,not outer shield,correct

Correct, the positive (+) of the RCA connects to the Pin 2 (+) of the XLR, and the ground of the RCA connects to the Pin 3 (-) of the XLR, and the shield of the XLR remains connected at the XLR end only and does not connect to the RCA.

This removes the physical connection between the RCA device chassis and the balanced chassis, which reduces the ground loop considerably. There is still noise rejection realized from this pseudo balanced configuration, since noise rejection basically relies on matched impedances at the two inputs of the differencial amplifier stage. The impedance of the positive differential amplifier will be that of the previous stages output impedance, while the negative differential amplifier will be at ground or zero impedance. The mismatch still offers decent noise rejection.

brucek

[mclsound]

thanks all
john