may I ask a naive XLR (balanced interconnect) question?

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mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 35,555
edited March 2017 in 2 Channel Audio
Are the XLR-terminated, balanced "interconnects" -- where used for hifi applications -- wired like standard XLR cables used in commercial sound applications? I.e., is the standard configuration XLR male to XLR female, wired thus?

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Thanks!
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,883
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    Not all but yes most
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,555
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    Thanks!
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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    No!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,555
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    I achieved my goal -- to get a hand-me-down (don't laugh) Behringer DSP 8000 up and running (i.e., interfaced to an unbalanced home hifi).

    Just for fun.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
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    you will never look back now. Sooner or later
    Emo.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,555
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    meh, I'm playing.
    I mean, I do have a Radio Shack "Realistic" 8-track deck upstairs, too -- you know.
    I can handle it. I can quit any time.


    13380845744_0fa5ebafd3_b.jpgHeathkit tuner and RS 8 track by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
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    Girlfriend in high school father had a Realistic 8 track deck. Still trying to figure out how anybody can listen to Polka music, almost 35 years later.
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
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    It's an acquired taste...
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
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    Here I thought 8 tracks died because they were mainly used to sell to country and polka music fans.

    Amazing the things I continually learn on this site.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,555
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    kharp1 wrote: »
    It's an acquired taste...

    Radio Shack 8 track decks or polka?

    For the latter -- beer helps in the acquisition of the taste. A lot.


    Harder stuff required in the former case, methinks.
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  • Absolute_Zero
    Absolute_Zero Posts: 72
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    The wiring diagram may or may not be correct depending on equipment. Pin 1 and the case (the rectangular connection) should both be chassis ground. You would have to know how the two pieces that you are interconnecting handle pin 1.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,493
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    rpf65 wrote: »
    Girlfriend in high school father had a Realistic 8 track deck. Still trying to figure out how anybody can listen to Polka music, almost 35 years later.

    Heck, the only reason I found this forum 12 years ago is because of a typo looking for a polka forum!

    ;)
    Jay
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
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    I've often wondered about this myself as I have a few XLR cables from pro sound days and newer XLR's for home audio, I've read that there can be different configurations and you have to verify both your components as well as cables configuration.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,555
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    The Cricket I just got can "diagnose" cable connections -- of course, so can a DMM :)
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