stingray0104
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Do you mean the 1/4 termination of the HP connects to the 1/4 female adaptor, which then connects to the amplifier via a 4-pin XLR? So the adaptor is 1/4 female at one end and 4-pin XLR male at the other end?
This will not be equivalent to a balanced cable will it? (Excuse my ignorance but I do not know how these cables and connections really work.)
Thanks.
You are correct. In that scenario it would not be equivalent to a balanced (headphone) cable. A balanced headphone cable requires a separate positive and negative input for each channel (allowing each input to be driven actively), for a total of 4 separate inputs. A 1/4 TRS jack was not designed for this purpose and only allows for at most 3 connections (T,R,S), which would bottleneck the signals.