cshaida;252420 Wrote: > Here's hoping that someone a lot smarter than me can save me from > myself. I've got a bunch of sbxen in various not particularly hifi > setups. Got another one and wanted to get some fancier powered > speakers. My jazz musician nephew said that Rokit 5s were the 'best'. > So (here's the 'stupid' part!) without doing any additional research > whatsoever I ordered a pair. Now I have them and it is not clear how I > hook them up (see what I mean about stupid!). They've got a single > 'RCA' input labeled 'Unbalanced'; also an "XLR" input; as well as a > 'TRS Balanced' input. > > Is there some way to connect these to a sb3 (presumably with some sort > of cable converter thing?)? (I did do a search of the forums on both > Rokit (1 mention that seemde to imply one could connect them) and on > XLR (which also seems to imply that this is possible).
Very simple: Ignore the XLR inputs and just connect a single (mono...a plug at each end of a single bit of wire) RCA-RCA lead(aka phono-phono lead) from the the SB analogue outputs to each speaker. You will need two rather long leads. Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41498 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
