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    So I've just put a payment down on this lovely amplifier (no more looking for Leben) but I have slight problem - the amp only has balanced inputs and my the Truth is single ended - so can I have a pair of interconnects made up that are single ended to balanced? Are there any high quality converter plugs?



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    ooohhh, very nice Adrian.. that is a bosker
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    Thanks - it's the Ref 75 - after a lot of reading and chat wth Tom it won me over.
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    The quick answer is yes - XLR to RCA adaptors are readily available. All they do is connect the -ve going input to ground. (I use a pair on my Quad 520 amp.)
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    The quick answer is yes - XLR to RCA adaptors are readily available. All they do is connect the -ve going input to ground. (I use a pair on my Quad 520 amp.)
    World you recommend a custom build? Or is the quality okay?
    Technics SP10 mk2
    Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
    Miyajima Shilabe cart
    Hashimoto HM-X SUT
    Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
    Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
    The Truth linestage
    Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
    Cary 805c SET amps
    Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
    Townshend Isolda speaker cables
    Cardas Golden Presence interconnects

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    The quick answer is yes - XLR to RCA adapters are readily available. What they do is connect the -ve going input to ground. (I use a pair with a Quad 520 amp in one of my systems.)

    If you are looking for high quality adapters, then I would recommend those made by Neutrik: https://www.amazon.co.uk/NEUTRIK-SIL...lr+rca+adapter
    Barry

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    Go with a Cardas Rca/XLR adaptor there is a difference in sound quality between that and cheap Chinese crap, and I think they have the edge on Neutrik. Cardas do two levels of quality I would go the extra and get the better of the two.

    http://www.cardas.com/adaptors.php
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    Thanks guys - Cardas looks like a good choice.
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    Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
    Miyajima Shilabe cart
    Hashimoto HM-X SUT
    Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
    Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
    The Truth linestage
    Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
    Cary 805c SET amps
    Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
    Townshend Isolda speaker cables
    Cardas Golden Presence interconnects

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    This is a far more complicated subject than it may appear. Your Truth has a single-ended output so you can really only feed the Audio Research with an unbalanced signal. The simple solution is to use one of those adaptors which was linked-to above, but all it does is feed the unbalanced signal to pins 1 and 2 of the XLR and link pin 3 (the unused pin) to pin 1. At least, I assume pin 3 is linked to pin 1 - they rarely bother to tell you in the adverts.
    However, there's another option: instead of linking pin 3 to pin 1 you could use balanced cable and link pin 3 to the the ground side of the RCA plug at the RCA end. The idea is that you still get some of the benefits of a balanced line. Wire it like the top picture in this image


    Will there be much difference in practice? Somehow I doubt it, but bear in mind that I'm one of those cloth-eared fools who thinks mains cables don't make any difference.

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    BTW, I just found this from Genelec:

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