TS & TRS jacks?

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Diffusion

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What is the REAL difference between the TS and TRS jacks, if any?
 
Tip Sleeve Tip Ring Sleeve
Unbalanced Balanced
Mono Stereo

Someone else can carry on with a technical explanation.
 
Ok thanks. I have a Audiophile 2496 soundcard, with RCA inputs or whatever, and I need to buy an adapter to plug a XLR-TRS cable in there... I just bought a Female TS to Male RCA adapter. Will that work? The cable is connected to a SM58.
 
TS = Tip Sleeve = Unbalanced

TRS = Tip Ring Sleeve = Balanced
 
Diffusion said:
Ok thanks. I have a Audiophile 2496 soundcard, with RCA inputs or whatever, and I need to buy an adapter to plug a XLR-TRS cable in there... I just bought a Female TS to Male RCA adapter. Will that work? The cable is connected to a SM58.
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anyone? just need to know if it will work...
 
#1 the Audiophile 2496 RCA input is for LINE level....not mic level. Plugging a microphone into it will give you a crappy low level signal.
#2 TRS and TS are just connectors. They are used for specific purposes. TRS can mean a balanced connector...but not always. You can use TRS connectors in a non-balanced path. The connector only helps carry signal down the cable. What really matters is the start and end of the gear you are plugging into. If the gear you are using has balanced connections, you use a TRS cable where tip is hot and ring is cold. If it's a stereo connection, you'd also typically use a TRS connector. It's not the cable that makes the signal balanced or stereo, it's the gear.

you need to plug your SM58 microphone into a microphone preamp. And then run that preamp into a line level source (like the 2496 RCA inputs). RCA is an unbalanced connection, so TS->RCA adapters are fine. TRS->RCA will work also, it just won't remain balanced.
 
bennychico11 said:
#1 the Audiophile 2496 RCA input is for LINE level....not mic level. Plugging a microphone into it will give you a crappy low level signal.
#2 TRS and TS are just connectors. They are used for specific purposes. TRS can mean a balanced connector...but not always. You can use TRS connectors in a non-balanced path. The connector only helps carry signal down the cable. What really matters is the start and end of the gear you are plugging into. If the gear you are using has balanced connections, you use a TRS cable where tip is hot and ring is cold. If it's a stereo connection, you'd also typically use a TRS connector. It's not the cable that makes the signal balanced or stereo, it's the gear.

you need to plug your SM58 microphone into a microphone preamp. And then run that preamp into a line level source (like the 2496 RCA inputs). RCA is an unbalanced connection, so TS->RCA adapters are fine. TRS->RCA will work also, it just won't remain balanced.
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Fuck! I just sold all my gear (including a preamp), somehow thinking I didnt need a preamp for a SM58. Shit! Shit! Shit! I dont know why I thought that. Freakin' idiot! :eek: :mad:
 
all microphones you will use need a microphone preamp
this brings mic level up to line level...which the rest of your gear uses.
 
bennychico11 said:
all microphones you will use need a microphone preamp
this brings mic level up to line level...which the rest of your gear uses.
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yeah i know that. For some reason I just... didnt think about it....
 
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