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Transsexual, Androgynous and Hybrid interconnects

Is it a better idea to have a custom interconnect cable terminated with a male XLR on one end and male RCA on the other? I'd rather not use an adapter if I didn't have to.

My amp only has XLR connections and the crossover that came with my newly purchased speakers only has RCA's. Is the custom cable I am proposing a good idea or is an adapter the best way to go?

Any advantages of one idea over the other?

thanks.....mitch
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mitch4t OP
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I spoke to Nelson Pass at Pass Labs. Sweetheart of a guy and gave me several solutions. The best one and most expensive one was to use Jensen Isomax Stereo "Pro" to "Consumer" Converter / Isolator at $210 per stereo pair. I will need two pair. There were couple other ways to go that were less expensive, but I'm in waay too deep now to possibly start to compromise everything I've done so far.

The model number is PC-2XR.

Please see the link below for the web page.

http://www.jensentransformers.com/pc2xr.html

....thanks to all of you for your responses.
gunbei
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Bisexuals are so damn greedy! Sausage or pie. Make a choice!
serus
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Given that the crossover accepts RCA only, your best choice is XLR-to-RCA cable. This is the purist approach, which does not add any "processing" to the audio signal, be it an active converter or a passive transformer.
Be sure to terminate the unused phase of the XLR in the recommended impedance and not in a short, like most adapters do!
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