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Balanced audio extender?
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Post 1 made on Wednesday July 23, 2014 at 21:07
Dave in Balto
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Just wondering if anyone has any experience / opinions on an XLR extender.

Have a job where customer has an oppo BD in a rack for an hdmi distribution system. He also has a McIntosh 2 channel system in another corner of the room, and wants to use the oppo as a CD player using its balanced outputs.

I have a cat5 between the two (could steal another), this is an afterthought to the system and no additional wiring can be run.

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Post 2 made on Wednesday July 23, 2014 at 21:25
jimstolz76
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I've used the Intelix extenders, but there was a SLIGHT hum on the line. Probably 10x quieter than anything you could ever hear, but I could see it on the BSS meters and it bugged me. You could only hear it if you had the system turned up over halfway with no source audio playing. Also this was in a commercial install with 100-150' wire runs and tons of 120v and 240v lines all over the building.
Post 3 made on Wednesday July 23, 2014 at 23:03
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ETS PA205 InstaSnake is the pro audio piece I've seen before.

I also see the MuxLab 500025 & 500026, and I've always had good luck with muxlab gear.
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Post 4 made on Thursday July 24, 2014 at 00:47
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The deal with balanced audio is that it is balanced, therefore does not need to be balanced which is what a BALun does (unbalanced --> balanced --> unbalanced).

CAT5 is not the best transmission method but it will work and I have used it with no noticeable interference to 200 ft or so.

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Post 5 made on Thursday July 24, 2014 at 01:14
Ernie Gilman
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On July 23, 2014 at 21:07, Dave in Balto said...
Just wondering if anyone has any experience / opinions on an XLR extender.

I've used three XLR extenders in a row, each 100 feet long, for microphone signals in a HUGE church where we recorded The Gospel Music Workshop of America. Those XLR extenders are called mike cables. The Guitar Center has them in various lengths and they're a bit less expensive that way if a) you buy the cheap ones and b) you really figure your labor to solder XLRs onto the ends of the wire.

Have a job where customer has an oppo BD in a rack for an hdmi distribution system. He also has a McIntosh 2 channel system in another corner of the room, and wants to use the oppo as a CD player using its balanced outputs.

And those balanced outputs have XLR connectors, right?

I have a cat5 between the two (could steal another), this is an afterthought to the system and no additional wiring can be run.

Well, it's a bit late in the post to be saying wire can't be run! Wire two CAT5 pairs to XLRs. Ignore the ground. This tests what they keep saying about CAT cables "they're balanced!"

Edit: I just realized that your thread is titled Balanced audio extender, which is truly the subject, but the first sentence says you want an XLR extender. That means you are specifying the type of connector used, while the thread title defines the type of output circuit. That's why I answered about XLRs.
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Post 6 made on Friday July 25, 2014 at 00:47
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See Jensen / ISO-MAX for their new, full bandwidth CAT5e balun solutions.
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Post 7 made on Friday July 25, 2014 at 04:03
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On July 24, 2014 at 01:14, Ernie Gilman said...
Edit: I just realized that your thread is titled Balanced audio extender, which is truly the subject, but the first sentence says you want an XLR extender. That means you are specifying the type of connector used, while the thread title defines the type of output circuit. That's why I answered about XLRs.

Someone didn't read the WHOLE post before they waded in.....did they....?
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