I tried hooking up a pair of XLR ICs and a pair of RCAs out of both sets of outputs from the CL-15, but the preamp of my integrated amp, an Electrocompaniet ECI 3, may be shutting down the RCA input circuits. I'll try it on the PrimaLuna Prologue One amp next. That's the primary focus anyway, but the Cal player has been in the other system and it was convenient to start there.
Cal Audio Labs CL-15
Can the Cal CL-15 player be rigged having both the balanced and RCA outputs hooked up simultaneously? Which is to say, have both XLR ICs and RCA ICs hooked up via its two sets of outputs (though of course only running one set at any given time)? My model has both outputs.
There was nothing covering this in the manual.
Here's why:
I've found two sets of interconnects I like tremendously--both RCA. The Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval is wonderful for choral music--sweet, radiant.. But it's too relaxed and ends up sounding dull on symphonic music. The Atlas Titans, on the other hand, are fabulous for orchestral music--fast, detailed, dynamic, exciting. But they are badly edgy on choral music and somewhat so on opera. They do strings, timpani, brass, and woodwinds great. Though I've heard that Audioquest Anaconda and Audience Au24 might be good middle-ground ICs, I haven't auditioned them and pretty much have given up on finding a single pair of ICs that will give me excellent performance on these two different kinds of listening. Therefore, I've come up with the notion of running two different sets of ICs from the same source.
If I could run both of them out of the Cal player (I can get the AP ICs specially terminated with XLR connectors on one end, RCA on the other; or I can run it with a set of Cardas XLR adapters on one end) to my PrimaLuna amp, I'd have both interconnect options available to me in one player.
But the fundamental question remains--will I fry the Cal player if I do this double-hookup? I'd like to hear from others with more experience before I try it and risk damaging my wonderful old player.
There was nothing covering this in the manual.
Here's why:
I've found two sets of interconnects I like tremendously--both RCA. The Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval is wonderful for choral music--sweet, radiant.. But it's too relaxed and ends up sounding dull on symphonic music. The Atlas Titans, on the other hand, are fabulous for orchestral music--fast, detailed, dynamic, exciting. But they are badly edgy on choral music and somewhat so on opera. They do strings, timpani, brass, and woodwinds great. Though I've heard that Audioquest Anaconda and Audience Au24 might be good middle-ground ICs, I haven't auditioned them and pretty much have given up on finding a single pair of ICs that will give me excellent performance on these two different kinds of listening. Therefore, I've come up with the notion of running two different sets of ICs from the same source.
If I could run both of them out of the Cal player (I can get the AP ICs specially terminated with XLR connectors on one end, RCA on the other; or I can run it with a set of Cardas XLR adapters on one end) to my PrimaLuna amp, I'd have both interconnect options available to me in one player.
But the fundamental question remains--will I fry the Cal player if I do this double-hookup? I'd like to hear from others with more experience before I try it and risk damaging my wonderful old player.
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