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Note two: The above is for a RCA output to an XLR input. Because there are three & a half types of XLR output stages, no single arrangement will work for all three.

XLR a. XLR Pin 1: Shield (Shield not Black) b. XLR Pin 2: Hot (Red) c. XLR Pin 3: Cold (Blue) RCA a. RCA Pin: Hot (Red) b. RCA Sleeve: Cold (Blue) Shield not connected to RCA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Note ~as below. It is best to use a Shielded Twisted Pair...

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XLR Pin 1 is the shield, you may not want to connect it to the RCA shell/sleeve.

Yep, for the best RCA analog interconnects, use a coax cable with a heavy braided shield. Coax cables with a foil shield (and maybe a light braid) are best at cable TV frequencies.

Actually, because the conductors used by audiophiles in cables and cords are often of different diameters, there is no way of determining if the conductor is Silver, Gold or Copper by electrical measurement of same length wires. You would need to measure the conductor's diameter or by visual...

At a gigahertz polished Silver plating is great. Because at that frequency, skin depth is so shallow that all of the signal rides in the plating, the Copper core only has mechanical functions. Silver plating has been used in cables for very high frequency applications for a long time. So...

If you name two (tested) loudspeakers, one with 'speed' and one without. We could examine what measured parameters are very different.

Well a coat-hanger won't replace a coax cable. But they could be replaced with those cables that come packed in many low budget products.

Notes: the Radio Frequency Characteristic Impedance doesn't come into play at frequencies much below one megahertz. (unless your cables are miles long) The central conductor can be a very small thickness or high AWG number, because the load is in the neighborhood of 10,000 Ohms. The center...

With analog audio interconnects, the central conductor (RCA) or conductors (XLR) can be: solid Gold, Gold plated Copper, solid Silver, Silver plated Copper, Copper, super duper Copper or Copper Clad Aluminum. They will all sound and measure the same. Differences (if any) will be in the noise and...

As one of our forum members would say: Everyone is entitled to their preferences. Just don't claim that they sound better or more accurate.

Jensen has always made excellent transformers. This transformer can solve many power line related noises and no it won't degrade audio quality.

That's not the correct way to do an AB/X test. In a good test, the listener has control of the music, the section of the track, the volume and the sequence & when the switch is done.

Yep, reading some of those off-the-wall audiophile forums could confuse a person.

I would think that trained (ears only) listeners would hear meaningful differences between many phono cartridge/pre-amp combinations. But to do a useful test, you need to do a high quality digital rip of each combination. Then time sync and level match each file.

While typical RCA outputs are at a lower voltage (not power) level than typical XLR outputs, most input stages have enough gain adjustment range to deal with this without adding noise. * * * * * * * * * * * Phantom power is only available on some (microphone) inputs, it's never available on an...

In a residential situation most of the appliances and such that might cause a DC offset, have an intermittent use pattern. Even electric car chargers and solar panels. So you would notice the hum/buzz coming and going.

It was a 30 milliohm resistor! How many amps current are you talking about, to generate a small bias voltage?