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XLR/Balanced interconnects
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JoziNic
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I know that @Andre Vermeulen has a decent set he found recently, also in Durban can strongly audio excellence if you need them to make you up a set (also a much of guys in jhb too)
Andre Vermeulen
Active member
Analysis Plus Oval 1mtr balanced.....R700
capetownwatches
R.I.P. August 2023
Bargain!
Very fine cable indeed and check the recommended retail if you want to be shocked...
Cross_over
Active member
Theoretically a true balanced connection should sound better than single ended, assuming that the positive and negative conductors inside the cable are identical and create the same (common mode) distortion/noise as it will be cancelled when the positive and negative signals are summed at the receiving (amplifier) end.
More importantly - is the cable made of copper and is the source and amplifier truely balanced (differential) devices or do they have extra circuitry on the outputs and inputs to create and sum the balanced signals?
More importantly - is the cable made of copper and is the source and amplifier truely balanced (differential) devices or do they have extra circuitry on the outputs and inputs to create and sum the balanced signals?
JoziNic
Well-known member
Who did?
I have a few spare vdh d103 MK111 XLR if you want to upgrade, I bought about 10 pairs, different lengths, but I have a few spare as I got two more pairs coming,
One from Andre and the pair that I bought from Gary 2 months back that I’m still waiting for
One from Andre and the pair that I bought from Gary 2 months back that I’m still waiting for
Soundworks on Tokai Main Road
sedikit sedikit
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1st try should be fine. Then make some decisions there are many good cablers floating around. I'm a fan of Cardas , their studio cable and Mogami myself. Luckily, I have many studio cables from over the years of my radio work etc, and those seem to degrade less. My 2 cents but I have heard some top end cable sound amazing in the systems of others.
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Big Mogami fan myself. All my now unused rca interconnects are Mogami.
sedikit sedikit
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Why no use - is all your gear balanced ?
PC via USB and TV via optical to DAC. Balanced from DAC to poweramp. DAC used in Preamp mode.
The two subwoofers running off the unbalanced RCA outs from DAC… still need tune the setup a bit as I just got the amp earlier this evening.
Helpful people there
Jazzophile
New member
I use van Damme xlr and speaker cables. No regrets at all
