ric1966 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 My new EON powered monitor will accept either an XLR or a 1/4" signal. I set it up with both types of cable, each going from Firehawk's FR outputs into one of the EON's two inputs. I then toggled back and forth by turning the gain up on just one at a time so I could audition them both. The XLR, being balanced, cut out most of the hum on high gain patches but it required more gain on the monitor to achieve the same loudness. It also seemed just a bit thinner or maybe cleaner, like some of the harmonics or saturation were missing. I did some research online and read that balanced output stages cancel out the even order harmonics in a signal. Is there anything to this? The Firehawk's DSP works so hard to create that tubelike tone, which I presume includes the sweetness of even order harmonics. If I run XLR am I undoing the effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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