Originally Posted by wakeride74
Bummer... this is the kind of thing that would send someone that is not too technically inclined (like me) off the fence to the DAC1.
With the lack of RCA outputs you'd think the design of the XLR's would have been a bit more versatile and user friendly.
I know how you feel but the default setup in those plugs are supposed to be correct for what you need as is.
Here is what I understand. Normally the signal pin is number 3 on the Lavry. It is my understanding that the default for plugs is signal on pin 3. If this is not the case for the plug then you will have to open the Lavry up and reset the signal pin to 2.
After this the issue is do you want to operate balance signal or unbalanced. If you want to operate unbalance you will need to open up the Lavry and reset the jumpers to unbalanced.
The main difference in operating with the RCA plugs as default for both the RCA plug and the Lavry is that under balanced operation you will have 6 dB higher signal level which has a potential to over drive your amp. If you go default you will want to keep the volume level on the Lavry below 34-40. If you open it up then you will still need to keep the volume level no higher than 46 for the same reasons. I have my Lavry set on 36 using default setup. I have yet to open it up.
Since talking about it I thought that it would be best if I actually opened up my unit and did this. So I did after checking out this thread over on the Lavry Forum. Here is the image that spoke to me. I simply changed the jumper of both channels for the 3 pin from hot to ground.
This is what I have now:
