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Balanced amp to SE headphones question

post #1 of 4
Thread Starter 

My brain does not want to work today.

Can I use (through an adapter) a balanced head amp (2 3-pin XLR outputs) to a SE headphone? I can make an adapter myself- it would be (2) 3-pin XLR to a female 1/4" SE plug.

Will this work?

post #2 of 4

 

Not unless the balanced output uses output transformers.

 

Otherwise, when you connect the two leads together for the single ground, you'll have two amplifier channels driving each others' outputs which is tantamount to shorting them.

 

se

 

post #3 of 4
Thread Starter 

Thanks, I wanted to confirm that.

post #4 of 4

 

No problem. Sorry for the bad news.

 

se

 

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