Cable / Connection Help for JBL LSR 2300 Series !

[grandmike]

Dear All ,

I currently have a set of the JBL LSR 2300 Series that includes:

1) A pair of LSR 2325P Studio Monitors
2) A subwoofer LSR 2310SP
3) MSC 1 Monitor System Controller

They are all hooked on to my DAC/Sound card Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 (70SB109000000). via RCA cable to the MSC 1. As for all the cable between MSC 1 to the speakers I am using the MONO ( One Strip) TRS both Male end / I was told it is actually Mic Cable to connect.

I am using this set mostly for music listening.

Questions:

a) Is there better options such as using TRS cable at the MSC end and connect to the speaker using XLR on the speaker end ?
b) Shall I use a MONO TRS cable currently ? or shall I switch to a stereo for all 3 of the cable ? and what difference will it make ?

Please feel free to give suggestions regarding my setup

Thank You very much in advance

Mike

 

[ecc83]

Hi Mike and welcome,
So long as you are using decent quality (not silly money Russ A'hole priced) screened cables and do not have hum or other noise issues there will be no audible difference to using other connector regimes.

I am not familiar with those speakers but virtually all "monitors" have balanced inputs these days but again,if the system is quiet, balanced feeds offer no advantage (and rarely is this ever the case for short haul, domestic setups) .

The Creative cards DO give very good quality playback I am told these days but you will have problems if you want to do anything remotely serious as far as recording goes