joedreamliner787 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Hi everyone, I have a Line 6 Helix floor going to a Powercab plus via the AES link cable which is nothing more than an XLR. I originally thought I needed 3 XLR cables Left, Right and Link. So I plugged all three into my Powercab. Then for the heck of it I unplugged the left and right XLR cables and was surprised to still be hearing sound. Is there any disadvantage of running just the XLR Link to the powercab 112 Plus without the other two cables? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierM Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, joedreamliner787 said: Hi everyone, I have a Line 6 Helix floor going to a Powercab plus via the AES link cable which is nothing more than an XLR. I originally thought I needed 3 XLR cables Left, Right and Link. So I plugged all three into my Powercab. Then for the heck of it I unplugged the left and right XLR cables and was surprised to still be hearing sound. Is there any disadvantage of running just the XLR Link to the powercab 112 Plus without the other two cables? Thanks! AES is digital, doesnt need any left/right cables, just the one from Link OUT to Link IN. The other two cables (Analog out) are doing nothing as soon as Helix is sending OUT to AES/EBU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedreamliner787 Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, PierM said: AES is digital, doesnt need any left/right cables, just the one from Link OUT o Link IN. The other two cables (Analog out) are doing nothing as soon as Helix is sending OUT to AES/EBU. Thanks PierM for the clarification! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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