I want to put together a small (and short) patch snake and am trying to decide how to make it.
For Musical Theater I will need to use all or almost all of the XLR outputs to feed Automixers, for the dialog parts only. And I will be using the AES out and the T/R/S Aux outputs to feed the DSP and other feeds that I need. I could also rewire the Automixer loom and use some of the T/R/S outputs for that and that would free up some of the XLR outputs.
For concert work I will have the AES output again into the DSP for the main left and right speakers and will have all of the XLR outputs available to use for all other outputs.
The question is – is there enough of a sonic difference between the T/R/S outs and the XLR outs that I should really be using the XLR outputs for feeding the amps for the speakers, when I can, instead of using the T/R/S outputs?