Hosa Unbalanced Adapter Cable

Appears a quality cable

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Nice quality at an affordable price. Allowed me to hook up a crown amp to my Yamaha receiver.

Pros: Great quality. They threw them in for free with my order!! Thanks Crutchfield!!

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I can't fault the cable per say, but in many cases a passive cable is not sufficient for taking an unbalanced signal and inputting it into a target that only accepts balanced inputs. Balanced inputs expect higher voltage levels than what unbalanced signals typically output. These cables do nothing to address that issue. I came to learn this the hard way. I bought these cables to take my output signal from my Yamaha RX-A2050 (unbalanced RCA) and amplify it through a Yamaha S7000 (takes balanced inputs) to run to subs. In short, it didn't work, the output signal from the S7000 was way below what it should be due to the fact that my source (unbalanced signal) was too low in gain. I ended up buying an active unbalanced-to-balanced converter to solve the problem. The cables for my problem.were worthless. Just keep in mind that they aren't necessarily a cheap fix for moving unbalanced signals to balanced. At least not for my case.

Pros: Cheap possible solution for moving unbalanced output signals to balanced inputs

Cons: Make sure a passive cable will actually work in your case. If you find your output levels are weak, your problem may lie in the fact that your input signal is too low and you need to think about investing in an active solution that can provide gain.

Product is excellent for the price not a cheap one that you can buy online. Highly recommended.

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