1/4" TRS Balanced vs Unbalanced vs Stereo

royalxvi · 18th November 2011

I'm converting my XLR cables to 1/4" for my 002r outs and i dont understand the "TRS Balanced vs Unbalanced" thing. How do you know which one is better for which application? What are the pros vs cons for each one? Is there any additional knowledge that I should have about these connectors?

I apologize of these are boob questions I just wanna make sure I accurately setup my room.

Gear Queer · 26th November 2011

For a line level signal which is what you have going out of the 002 you want TRS.

ray_subsonic · 23rd December 2011

Let's keep Boob talk out of this !! ; -)

jozef · 23rd December 2011

I think the 002r works balanced/unbalanced, so it will depend on your outboard. If it is balanced you use trs, if not ts. Unbalanced is more common with cheaper gear, like the fmr rnc for example. In a situation where you use short cables there is usually no problem with unbalanced connections.

ScratchNSurf · 17th January 2012

I was having a similar situation... to run out of my motu 2408 i used a line transgformer to convert it from balanced to unbalanced. They sell ones that go from xlr to 1/4", its like 20 bucks for one at GC

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18th November 2011	#1
royalxvi Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 169 Thread Starter	1/4" TRS Balanced vs Unbalanced vs Stereo I'm converting my XLR cables to 1/4" for my 002r outs and i dont understand the "TRS Balanced vs Unbalanced" thing. How do you know which one is better for which application? What are the pros vs cons for each one? Is there any additional knowledge that I should have about these connectors? I apologize of these are boob questions I just wanna make sure I accurately setup my room. __________________ Mac Pro Quad Core - 9gb Mem - Snow Leopard 10.6.8 - Digi 002r - Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP - Pro Tools 10 - CPTK - Euphonix MC Control, MC Transport and MC Mix

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ScratchNSurf Gear maniac Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 199	I was having a similar situation... to run out of my motu 2408 i used a line transgformer to convert it from balanced to unbalanced. They sell ones that go from xlr to 1/4", its like 20 bucks for one at GC Sent from my DROID Pro using Gearslutz.com __________________ http://soundcloud.com/scratchnsurf http://twitter.com/#!/ScratchNSurf

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26th November 2011	#2
Gear Queer Gear interested Joined: Feb 2010 Location: Nevada, USA Posts: 27 1 Review written	For a line level signal which is what you have going out of the 002 you want TRS.

23rd December 2011	#3
ray_subsonic Lives for gear Joined: May 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,630	Let's keep Boob talk out of this !! ; -)

23rd December 2011	#4
jozef Gear nut Joined: Oct 2010 Location: Gent Posts: 117	I think the 002r works balanced/unbalanced, so it will depend on your outboard. If it is balanced you use trs, if not ts. Unbalanced is more common with cheaper gear, like the fmr rnc for example. In a situation where you use short cables there is usually no problem with unbalanced connections.