I want to re-terminate an Audioquest XLR cable with RCA connectors.
There are 4 conductors in this cable, pin 1,2,3 and shield. The plan
is to connect #2 to RCA tip, #1 and 3 to RCA sleeve, and the shield at the source only. Is this the right way to do it?
These are silver cables. WBT silver solder good for this? Any other suggestion? TIA.
There are 4 conductors in this cable, pin 1,2,3 and shield. The plan
is to connect #2 to RCA tip, #1 and 3 to RCA sleeve, and the shield at the source only. Is this the right way to do it?
These are silver cables. WBT silver solder good for this? Any other suggestion? TIA.
With RCA connectors there's not too much you can do. Your proposal is sound using the shield to prevent hum/EMI coupling.
Personally, I'd double up conductors on the signal/tip to reduce cable impedance but the difference should be negligible.
Remember that the benefit of breaking the shield at one end is an attempt to force main leakage currents through the safety ground. The RCA defeats this by shorting the chassis' through the sleeve conductor.
This won't do much unless you have a floating RCA driven from a differential output into a floating RCA driving a balanced input. In which case you're better off with XLR
Personally, I'd double up conductors on the signal/tip to reduce cable impedance but the difference should be negligible.
Remember that the benefit of breaking the shield at one end is an attempt to force main leakage currents through the safety ground. The RCA defeats this by shorting the chassis' through the sleeve conductor.
This won't do much unless you have a floating RCA driven from a differential output into a floating RCA driving a balanced input. In which case you're better off with XLR
You mean connectors 1, 2 to RCA tip, 3 to sleeve?
Attached are pictures of the cable in question.
Attached are pictures of the cable in question.
Iain McNeill said:With RCA connectors there's not too much you can do. Your proposal is sound using the shield to prevent hum/EMI coupling.
Personally, I'd double up conductors on the signal/tip to reduce cable impedance but the difference should be negligible.
Remember that the benefit of breaking the shield at one end is an attempt to force main leakage currents through the safety ground. The RCA defeats this by shorting the chassis' through the sleeve conductor.
This won't do much unless you have a floating RCA driven from a differential output into a floating RCA driving a balanced input. In which case you're better off with XLR
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Not sure if it works.
Japanese gears have different pin allocations to US/UK gears. Check first please.
http://files.centrmus.com.hk/genelec/8020a/om8020a.pdf
http://www.lundahl.se/catframe.html
Japanese gears have different pin allocations to US/UK gears. Check first please.
http://files.centrmus.com.hk/genelec/8020a/om8020a.pdf
http://www.lundahl.se/catframe.html
Just did a couple of XLRs just now. Mine were wired pin1=shield, pin2=positive/hot, pin3=negative/cold. So I'd wire pin 2 to tip and pin1&3 to sleeve. Maybe you're referring to another diagram.
Anyway for a full explanation I refer you to this excellent document from Rane
http://www.rane.com/note110.html
The correct way of wiring depends on the application and the system grounding scheme.
Anyway for a full explanation I refer you to this excellent document from Rane
http://www.rane.com/note110.html
The correct way of wiring depends on the application and the system grounding scheme.
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