Ok, Sorry if I posted into the wrong forum but this seemed like the best match.
I just purchased a Samson SX-1800 Power Amp. It wants TRS Balanced or XLR Balanced inputs (+4dBu) etc..
I want to connect a headphone output from my Sansa MP3 player to it, and at least 1 other consumer audio product to it like a DVD or CD player (All Stereo and probably unbalanced outputs of course)
I have been looking at the Samson "S-Convert" RCA Unbalanced to XLR Balanced converter, but also I have been looking at the Samson MDR6 or MDR624 mixers as well to use instead of the S-Convert box which only handles one input versus a mixer with several inputs.
Two big questions. I know the headphone output from the MP3 player works great in the AUX input on consumer audio receivers as long as I keep the volume on the player to half or less, and same goes with the DVD player (used to decode stereo FLAC and MP3 files)....
So 1st question, if I used one of these mixers instead of the S-Convert will it also convert the unbalanced signals into the more "Pro Friendly" balanced output (AUX Send or CR/Main Outs on mixer(s))?
2nd question. Since Sampson refuses to answer my technical phone calls, when dealing with RCA level inputs, is having both the left and right channels available to plug into a mixer considered "Balanced" or does that only apply to 3 conductor connections for both the left and right channels (6 conductors in use for L+R like XLR or TRS have)?
Thanks in advance. Sorry for being such a noob.