2.5mm Balanced Male to 3.5mm Stereo Female - why would this be bad
May 15, 2016 at 7:52 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 3

Carlsan

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This is a  question for cable or DAP experts, I have read that a 2.5mm Balanced Male to a 3.5mm Stereo Female adaptor - used with a non-balanced cable, is a bad idea.
Can this be explained. I get that the balanced is a 4 pole connection, while the regular connection is different (not sure how many poles).
 
So why can't this type of adapter be used safely in an Onkyo DP-X1 or AK DAP?
 
May 15, 2016 at 8:13 PM Post #2 of 3
May 15, 2016 at 9:34 PM Post #3 of 3
This may help :-

http://www.head-fi.org/t/535455/balanced-amp-to-se-headphones-question

(assuming you're going to be plugging in a pair of SE headphones into the female end of that plug).
 

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