Balanced to unbalanced wiring. Alternatively what if you want to connect a balanced output signal to an unbalanced input. Both boxes can be used. If the cable has a shield and just one core or the plug is molded on and has to be kept then proceed as follows. The reason professional audio equipment utilises balanced inputs and outputs is quite simple.
Balanced to unbalanced wiring connecting 3 pin balanced to 2 pin unbalanced inputs in the commercial audio world professional audio devices such as compressors limiters equalizers line amplifiers mixers and such use balanced audio inputs. A balun b ae l n portmanteau of balanced to unbalanced is an electrical device that converts between a balanced signal and an unbalanced signala balun can take many forms and may include devices that also transform impedances but need not do so. If the cable has two cores and a shield then it is a balanced cable wired to an unbalanced jack and the cable can be wired to an xlr3 connector as a balanced connector as described in the article how to wire a xlr plug. How to make a high quality and inexpensive audio semi balanced interconnect rca cable duration.
The mic then becomes a regular balanced microphone. Assuming you mean you are using a 25 balanced to 35 unbalanced adapter. In this case the hot signal wire is connected to the unbalanced tip the cold signal wire to the unbalanced sleeve and the balanced cable screen is left isolated and disconnected. Unbalanced outputs to equipment that has balanced inputs.
Its done so that audio. Ive read online that the best way to convert balanced xlr to unbalanced 14 mono is to buy a cheap passive di box and run it backwards xlr as input 14 ts as output. Die verkabelung fuer xlr und trs verkabe ausgewogen zu unausgewogen ist zum boden pin 3 bis pin 1 und ring aermel zu werden. Commercial microphones have balanced outputs.
Balanced inputs use a passive wide response transformer or active circuitry usually referred to as. You should be ok with a balanced headphone cable connected to an unbalanced source. The reverse unbalanced headphone cable to balanced source is when potential to damage the source occurs. Apparently this will convert whilst also maintaining the balancing of the xlr cable which i dont believe the other answers would and so help to reduce noise.
In this way the cable screen will provide a useful degree of rf protection although it isnt as good as it could be.