[Trawlerman]

Can anybody tell me the pinouts of the XLR connections on Krell equipment?

I've mislaid the manual for my DAC. My current project is to make up some XLR > Phono cables to between my Krell DAC and Stax Headphone amp. I already have the bit but i'm just unsure of what the connections are.

Many thanks in advance.

 

[kevin gilmore]

you want a straight thru cable with pin 1 as ground.
If using dual coax's then both coax grounds go to pin 1.

pin 1 female (krell)---------- pin 1 male (stax)
pin 2 female (krell)---------- pin 2 male (stax)
pin 3 female (krell)---------- pin 3 male (stax)

 

[Trawlerman]

Thanks Kevin,

But... I'm wanting to make up cables to from Balanced (XLR) from the Krell DAC to Unbalanced (Phono's) on the Stax Energiser.

Krell haven't marked the pin layout of the XLR connections on their equipment. As I understand it, the XLR should have connections for +ve -ve and ground.

I can't guess it as manufacturers use differing pinouts. I can't risk damaging either component.

 

[kevin gilmore]

Why would you want to do this. Use the unbalanced outputs
from the krell instead. They are in parallel with the balanced
outputs. On the xlr pin 1 is ground. Pin 2 is hot. Pin 3 would
not be connected to anything.

Krell outputs are not transformer isolated. You can't use
pin 2 and pin 3 and pretend they are unbalanced.

 

[Trawlerman]

Quote:

Originally posted by kevin gilmore Why would you want to do this. Use the unbalanced outputs from the krell instead. They are in parallel with the balanced outputs. On the xlr pin 1 is ground. Pin 2 is hot. Pin 3 would not be connected to anything. Krell outputs are not transformer isolated. You can't use pin 2 and pin 3 and pretend they are unbalanced.

I'm rapidly running out of connections on my rig and wanted to use the XLR out in addition to the unbalanced outputs. I was hoping to conenct my stax energiser to XLR and leave the unbalanced for the normal connection to my Pre-Amp.

I didn't realise that it wasn't as easy as just making up a cable.