xlr connectors and the Otari

[user510]

Anyone here diy their balanced IC's?
I'm still awaiting delivery on my MX-5050. 'Should be here this week. I'll need xlr style interconnects to feed the signal to my integrated amp. Fortunately, the amp does have one pair of 'balanced inputs'.

I figured some of you guys might have put together your own interconnects....and perhaps had a favorite supplier for the connectors and cable. Personally, I hate to spend funny money for fancy IC's. I'd much rather solder my own.

-Steve

[jcmusic]

I just got some from the internet for about $9.00 each.

Jay

[user510]

Are you using xlr to rca adapters anywhere in your system?

-Steve

[jcmusic]

Yes Steve on my Otari 5050.

Jay

[Doug_Olitsky]

I have xlr adapters that I resoldered to compensate for the Otari being "hot" on pin 3 instead of pin 2.

Places like sam ash have premade cables that have male or female xlr to rca cables available. in 6' and 10' lenghths for about 14 each

[jcmusic]

Doug did you have some kind of problem with the adapters? I just pluged mine in and never looked back.

Jay

[user510]

This would indicate the potential for a phase reversal if pins 3 is 'hot' at the output side of the deck but pin 2 is 'hot' at the input side of the preamp.

For my Classe integrated amp, which has a pair of female 3-pin balanced input sockets, I don't have a schematic for this part of it. So I won't know which pin is which within the Classe'. Perhaps it won't matter.

Good info re: Sam Ash. Thanks.

Yesterday I drove over to a local Pro Audio electronics supply place (Westlake Electronics) in the Seattle area. While there I picked up 4 Neutric plugs and some cable (Canaire L4E6S) to assemble my own IC's with. The cable is what that place offers for microphone cable. It has shielding and 4 leads. I presume it may not be the optimum cable but I should be able to use it as a working first cable.

Also, I found what may be a useful link for IC assembly. http://www.rane.com/note110.html


-Steve

[Doug_Olitsky]

No problems at all w/ the converters as purchased. The job is so easy to do I figured what the hell!

[jcmusic]

Doug are you familiar with the saying (If It Aint Broke Don't Fix It)? LOL!!!

Jay

[Doug_Olitsky]

Heard of it but I'm from the midset that things can always be a little bit better!!

It's the DIY gene hitting hard:cool:

You'll be happy to know that I generally draw the line at going overboard IE stuffing things w/ Mundorff caps when a solen will do just fine!

Am I forgiven:rolleyes:

[user510]

The manual describes the outputs on my MX-5050 BII-2 as being "active balanced". There is also a schematic that describes the pin assignments.

This appears to differ with a BIII manual that I also have which describes the inputs of that deck as being balanced but the output as being un-balanced, while still using xlr connectors.

Too many words. What I've found is that a standard mic cable will hook up the balanced output of my BII-2 to the balanced inputs on my integrated amp and sounds fine.

-Steve