I would like to build my new balanced rig properly. Should a source have male or female XLR terminals, and again what should the amp have?

Outputs are male, inputs are female.

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Generally, people use male on the source, and female on the amp.

Outputs are male, inputs are female.

Not for you fitz

Thanks Guys

Not for you fitz

Funnyman!

Not for you fitz

I was expecting that

Obviously. Everybody knows Fitz's amps are gay.

Obviously. Everybody knows Fitz's amps are gay.

And cables are rarely straight.

Just to piggyback onto this thread (instead of making a "Stoopid Questions" thread, which should probably be a sticky for me anyway).

 

For balanced cabling (say for a headphone), I assume the normal is for standard size XLRs, and not minis?

For a 4 pin XLR, is standard pinout:

1  L+

2  L-

3  R+

4  R-

 

Since I haven't really used balanced much, I'm sure I'll have more questions...

Edited January 25, 201313 yr by Pars

Yup, that's the 4-pin layout that I've always used and if you ever need confirmation just look up the K1000 manual, that's where it all started as far as I can remember.

Thanks Nate.

 

Some questionable "marketing spin" in the above

 

"The use of oxygen free cables..."

 

You buy the cable, you get the oxygen for free......