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would I best choose to go from XLR to RCA? I'm looking to make cables to go out from a Wendt mixer, line in to a Tascam HD-p2. (Tascam's XLR's are mic only)

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Scott

You can't go wrong with Canare L-2E5, 2 conductor shielded. Split the shield into 2 leads, tin them and attach to pins 1 & 3 to unbalance the connection.

Eric

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Great, thanks. Was wondering about that extra pin.

Scott

If you have an RCA to RCA cable just cut off one end and attach the female XLR. Going from a balanced connection to an unbalanced connection you have to connect pins 1 & 3 to ground to unbalance the circuit. Splitting the shield is a lot easier than connecting the ground to pin 1 and wiring a jumper to pin 3.

Eric

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" active balanced outputs ...) which require the 3rd pin to remain unconnected in order to unbalance the circuit? "

yes, which is why it is preferred to properly deal with not only the balancing/unbalancing, but also the impedance change by using a transformer or active circuit to deal with interconnect issues.

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