Topic: XLR to balance or unbalance...

[bagtagsell]

I am building right angle xlr cable to connect my v2 to my mme.  DO these need to be balanced or unbalanced.  There was some talk on here http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=2069.30 about a "loop" between pins 3 and 1, if I remember correctly, and someone said that this would prevent you from sending 48v of phantom power.  Is there some way I could prevent from sending 48 v of power to my v2 through the wiring of the cable?

Discussion:

i took apart my neutrix connector to see what's going on
it is part of an adapter that is dual xlr(m) > 1/8" stereo

it looks like the 2 conductor wires are connected to their respective pins.  Then, what is the thing tying pins 1 and 3 together?  Is this how all xlr connections look?

Thats an unbalanced cable Schwilly. Nothing wrong with that!
The looop is insuring that you don't send p48volt to your unbalanced rig.

[hexyjones]

I am building right angle xlr cable to connect my v2 to my mme.  DO these need to be balanced or unbalanced.  There was some talk on here http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=2069.30 about a "loop" between pins 3 and 1, if I remember correctly, and someone said that this would prevent you from sending 48v of phantom power.  Is there some way I could prevent from sending 48 v of power to my v2 through the wiring of the cable?

Describe the cable you are trying to make...from what to what...( I cant tell from the gear names)

[bagtagsell]

my preamp (grace lunatec v2) needs to connect to my ADC (mini-me apogee).  The minime has a switch to supply 48v power to the mics.  However if I click that switch on it will be sending 48v to my preamp and I am worried it would damage it.  So i was wondering if I could make the wires so I never have to worry about this, just in case I hit the switch.  Also if there is a way is it going to hurt my sound at all?

[hexyjones]

Depening on your skills and warranty status...you may want to look into disabling that phantom switch on the mini-me...that would be the safest...looks like you just use the DAC anyway...?

but otherwise - it looks like you would have to use a unbalanced connection to be safe...

[leegeddy]

my preamp (grace lunatec v2) needs to connect to my ADC (mini-me apogee).  The minime has a switch to supply 48v power to the mics.  However if I click that switch on it will be sending 48v to my preamp and I am worried it would damage it.  So i was wondering if I could make the wires so I never have to worry about this, just in case I hit the switch.  Also if there is a way is it going to hurt my sound at all?

you basically need a balanced cable between your v2 and the mme. v2 is outputting a line level signal which the mme should accept easily. and yes, turn off phantom power on your mm3.

marc