Is the balanced output terminated the same way as the Hifiman HM901 and 801? 3.5mm TRRS Tip: L+ Ring: R+ Ring: L- Sleeve: R-

I've checked around the web and it turns out that Ray Samuel's, Cypher Labs and ALO all use the same configuration. It must be my pinout diagram. I've fixed it, and I'll try it out again later. A little busy ATM.

Okay. Followed your advise and made a single ended-RSA converter and figured out an issue. It was due to me misreading the post. It was the view from inside the amp out, not from the jack. I've fixed it, though I cannot try this out until tomorrow (relative to me). Thanks for the advise.  ...

Exactly. What I'm thinking the issue is is that the pinout diagram I used was wrong, resulting in my L+ using my R- and vice versa. Not entirely sure though, and it's pretty hard to find a proper pinout diagram for the IRIS/RSA connector specifically done for audio.

First, I don't have numbers on my connector, sadly.  Second, by multimeter, I meant the continuity tester that is in-built. Third, I do happen to have an RSA connector. By single-ended, you mean TRS, correct?

I just noticed that there are two pinout diagrams. One on the top (the big one) and the other on the bottom (the one for the auto-IRIS of the camera). Which one? I did the one on top the first time and that's the one with the distortion. I don't own a balanced amp, so I cannot try this right...

The cable is done perfectly. No shorts, no issues. Everything is, in essence, perfect. That's why I'm asking this. Is there anything I'm missing out? What I did was to connect the Left to pin 1 and 3, and right to pin 2 and 4, as shown...

I don't know whether people have asked this before, but I have a question as to how I can make an upgrade cable for my CIEM with a balanced connector (IRIS/RSA).   I know Moon Audio can do so with the Silver and Black Dragon cables, but when I try with the instructions on Ray Samuel's website...

That I know. It's pretty obvious (to me anyway). Still, it'll be a rarity to even find an amp like that. I've scoured Ray Samuel's, ALO and Cypher Labs. None of them have something like that...

Don't really mind that though... So it is possible for an amp to have optical in and balanced out then? Nice.

Thanks. That clears things up quite a bit. Anyway, does anyone happen to know how to wire an upgrade cable for CIEMs? I remember seeing someone doing that, but I didn't ask him and I haven't seen him since. What I saw was simply the IRIS connector (Ray Samuel's SR-71B) wired up to an...

Hi, I intend to get a balanced amp soon but I have no idea what to get. Heck, I'm new to this, so could I have something like a list of amps with balanced in/out (either or both)? I already know of Ray Samuel's and the Cypher Labs Theorem 720.   No budget (If I can afford a UM Mentor, this...

  What I meant was: In an XLR jack, there are three pins, positive (hot), inverse (cold) and ground, correct? If so, then seeing that hot and cold are both inputs (input+ and input-), then isn't that only one channel input?        As for your second point, I understand how an IEM/headphone...

Okay... Maybe I said it a little wrongly. Won't it be single-channel instead of dual-channel? Meaning I only get one side instead of both.     What I was asking was more like "how do they get their IEMs to play balanced input?" I mean, from what I can see, they made upgrade cables...

Okay... From what I understand by reading through the Net, a balanced signal is something like active noise cancellation headphones (not exactly the same, but the inverse/regular signal thing seems to be that way to me).    External Noise cancellation:   So you've got a hot signal being the...

What I was originally thinking was to use the BA200's drivers as a springboard and then add drivers around it to improve on the sound. But I'll try your idea out. Air-wire meaning? Directly wiring each to another without the caps and resistors?

Sorry, not at the moment. I'm at my cousin's house. Staying in for a couple of days and I don't have the drivers on hand. I do know that they have their own circuit, but I just want to experiment with them. I know. I was wondering whether there is a way to shrink it smaller than what I am...

I'm feeling really, really bored now that it's my holidays, 3 months of it. I've got some spare BA drivers ripped out from broken IEMs (cable issues or, in the case of my TDK BA200, a busted resistor bulb) and I thought I'd just play with them a little. Note: This is just for fun. No serious...

I absolutely love the sound that comes out of my MacBook Pro 2012's audio port. It is, in a way, what I am looking for.   From iFixit, I learned that it's audio chip is the Cirrus Logic 4206BCNZ, so I was wondering whether there are any DACs/DAPs that have this beauty in it?   That or...

Well... Good news then. Null posted on their FB page a while back that they have ER4 converters with any cable purchased from them. This means that you can borrow one of their converters to try on their demo sets (only dual pin currently available). Anyway, I got my converters off eBay, so I'm...

Okay... I've just talked to a couple of guys at to he official Sony retail stores and I've got this weird answer time and again. They say that any MP3 player can be linked to iTunes, and that iTunes would always somehow manage to retrieve and sync the song data (e.g. no. of times played) from...

Well... I do have the AK10... It should work with the Sony players. I do know about the nice hardware of 'droids, but I already have an iPhone. It's kinda dumb to carry two phones and only use one as a phone while the other is simply useless except for some minor use for downloading stuff and...

I did say no phones, no?

Well... Did you read why I wanted an Android? The first post?   That aside, I know there are third-party apps that allow data syncing through iTunes to Android, but the question here is the play-log which I asked back here. 

Well... It appears I must add a tablet to my bag load. An Android tablet specifically for my laptop work, and then get a DAP... Why can't all the corporations just work in harmony? P.S. I do have an iPod touch 5G in the household. I don't seem to get much impedance issues out of it. P.P.S...