It’s very easy to assume that if your equipment has both XLR and RCA connections, that XLR connections are going to be the better sounding connection.

So with any system that has both XLR and RCA connections, we would recommend that you try both connections and decide for yourself which is the better sounding connection for you. If you're just getting into audio recording, you've probably got yourself a microphone and are wondering the best way to connect it. The problem being that this will give you very little control over the volume and can lead to harsh and fatiguing sound.At the receiving equipment, any noise that is common to both the hot and cold pins is cancelled out. Established in 2008, Nintronics is a specialist retailer and installer of High Fidelity Music and Home Cinema Systems. So a 3-Pin XLR cable is usually your best bet for connecting the two; whether it's to a USB Audio Interface or external phantom power supply. So if for instance you were connecting a CD player with XLR connection to an amplifier with RCA connection, you may well find that the extra signal strength will overdrive the RCA input on the amplifier.

Some manufacturers use XLR connection to carry a stereo signal, 1 pin for left another for right and the third as a common earth. Whether you need a 3-pin audio cable, XLR to XLR, or XLR Splitter, DJ City is sure to have you covered. This is done by connecting the signal from the centre pin of the RCA plug to the hot pin of the XLR, and the earth to the earth pin. The RØDE XLR43 is a professional-grade, braided-shield 43cm XLR to XLR microphone cable with premium Switchcraft® connectors.Along with countless other tasks where you might find an XLR to XLR cable, or XLR splitter necessary. This makes a lot of sense in recording studios where long runs of cable are often needed to carry the small voltage signal generated by a microphone over (certainly in terms of hi-fi) very long runs of cable.