VPI scout question

I made a comparison between the classic 1 and classic 3 as soon as I upgraded, everything else was exactly the same, only turntable changed on this thread.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1263789072& openusid&zzCaptain_winters&4& 5#Captain_winters

I didn't compare to the Scout, but if you read comparisons with the Classic 1 and the Scout, my comparison gets you to the Classic 3.

I posted my response on the wrong thread.

I am not an expert, but am trying to figure this out for myself if I want to do it in the future, so bear with me.

As I understand it, for the right channel, for example

Right Output (Red) on Cartridge goes to Pin 2 of XLR

Right "Ground" or low (Green) on Cartridge goes to Pin 3 of XLR

Separate chassis ground from Turntable to Pin 1 of XLR

Red becomes White and Green becomes Blue on Left channel.

Using the RCA connections , Center on the RCA goes to pin 2 on the XLR and Outer on the RCA (shield) goes to pin 3 on the XLR and a separate chassis ground ideally goes to 1.

Here is a diagram from Ayre for their balanced phono stage.

RCA to XLR Phonostage

So I guess you should ideally use a 2 conductor cable with shield and connect the shield to pin 1 and to turntable chassis ground if you can.

A RCA to XLR connector may tie 1 and 2 together if it is not expecting a balanced signal. You would not want to do that for the cartridge.

I checked on my Scott and the low (shield on RCA) are not tied to chassis ground.

So, I think what you proposed is correct, with the addition that you could use 2 conductor wire and tie chassis ground to pin 1 on the XLR.

I guess the easy way is to get RCA to XLR cables and make sure that pin 2 and pin 3 are not tied together and then run a separate ground, which is common for turntables.

I am no expert, but I think that is close. Sorry for being so long winded.

For the experts - did I get it right?

I am no expert but as far as I can tell you are correct.