Popular Post Sam Lord Posted August 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2018 20 hours ago, Panelhead said: The Fossell would be my pick. But the Crane Song seems to get the most love. If someone thinks having only balanced outputs is a liability especially using 1/4” connectors they are naive. A TRS plug for balanced output and a TR for single ended outputs. This is the wrong forum to ask about pro units. There used to be a lot of prosumer gear discussion here; Weiss, Metric Halo, Benchmark, RME, and Apogee. Not much anymore. I think this is not the wrong forum to discuss pro units, though it's mostly unhelpful for pros. P.S.A.: On using XLR-RCA adapter cables between balanced and unbalanced gear, they can be bought pre-made but those are always built the wrong way. They cause ground loops that increase noise, hum, etc. Pre-made cables tie the shield to the outer RCA conductor (bad!) as well as the conductor connecting to the XLR's pin 3. It is vital to connect the shield only at the XLR end (pin 1) and float it at the RCA end. So either have cables built correctly to order, or mod them. Ranenotes #110 covers this very well. EDIT: Don't even think about doing the below workaround without knowing the grounding scheme of both units. There is also a half-assed workaround of tying the two chassis together with heavy-gauge wire, but I don't like it. buonassi, RamUwe and Ralf11 2 1 Mac Mini 2012 with 2.3 GHz i5 CPU and 16GB RAM running newest OS10.9x and Signalyst HQ Player software (occasionally JRMC), ethernet to Cisco SG100-08 GigE switch, ethernet to SOtM SMS100 Miniserver in audio room, sending via short 1/2 meter AQ Cinnamon USB to Oppo 105D, feeding balanced outputs to 2x Bel Canto S300 amps which vertically biamp ATC SCM20SL speakers, 2x Velodyne DD12+ subs. Each side is mounted vertically on 3-tiered Sound Anchor ADJ2 stands: ATC (top), amp (middle), sub (bottom), Mogami, Koala, Nordost, Mosaic cables, split at the preamp outputs with splitters. All transducers are thoroughly and lovingly time aligned for the listening position. Link to comment
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