Rca to xlr ???

[ahblaza]

Hey guys, I'm using a Crown XLS1500, it's driven by a receiver's L&R RCA preouts to the Crowns RCA inputs. Is there any advantage of using RCA to XLR cables from receiver to amp? Would this be a waste of money as the RCA cables I'm using (BJC LC-1) are good quality and the amp is dead quiet? Also I have some good (BJC Belden 7787A) component cables, could I use these as interconnects?
Thanks to all.
Jeff

 

[Swerd]

Hey guys, I'm using a Crown XLS1500, it's driven by a receiver's L&R RCA preouts to the Crowns RCA inputs. Is there any advantage of using RCA to XLR cables from receiver to amp? Would this be a waste of money as the RCA cables I'm using (BJC LC-1) are good quality and the amp is dead quiet?

There will be no advantage if you switch from the RCA-RCA interconnects you now have, to RCA-XLR cables.

To gain any noise cancelling benefit, both devices connected by XLR cables must contain so-called balanced circuits, which actually perform the noise cancelling. Your receiver almost certainly has unbalanced RCA pre-amp outputs, and I'm not sure if your Crown amp has balanced circuits or not.

Besides, you don't have a noise problem, so there is nothing to quiet.

Also I have some good (BJC Belden 7787A) component cables, could I use these as interconnects?

Yes. Component video cables, or composite video cables, can be used as audio interconnects.

 

[ahblaza]

There will be no advantage if you switch from the RCA-RCA interconnects you now have, to RCA-XLR cables.

To gain any noise cancelling benefit, both devices connected by XLR cables must contain so-called balanced circuits, which actually perform the noise cancelling. Your receiver almost certainly has unbalanced RCA pre-amp outputs, and I'm not sure if your Crown amp has balanced circuits or not.

Besides, you don't have a noise problem, so there is nothing to quiet.
Yes. Component video cables, or composite video cables, can be used as audio interconnects.

Thanks Swerd, after posting the question I realized I already answered my own query that balanced circuits do in fact actually perform the noise cancelling and amp is already quiet and you are right that my receiver does have unbalanced pre-amp outputs, sometimes I post before thinking, seems to happen more frequently as I get older. Thanks again for the heads up with component and composite cables.