User Manual

2. Installation (contd.)

2.4. External connections

The input and output connectors are wired on female and male XLRs respectively, wired as follows:

Pin 1: Ground

Pin 2: Hot balanced signal

Pin 3: Cold balanced signal

2.5. Impedance & Termination

Most modern audio systems have cable runs of less than 100 meters; the devices used usually have very low output impedance and relatively high input impedance. This allows equipment to be connected in series without regard to "impedance matching" (as long as the succeeding input is greater than the stated minimum for the output it is connected to).

LA Audio products conform to this standard; therefore inputs and outputs are usually indifferent to varying load or source impedance. The only exception to this rule is where the unit is connected to a transmission line or some older vacuum-tube equipment, which require proper impedance matching. This may be achieved by shunting the correct matching resistor across the inputs or outputs. The EQ231G-SP has an input impedance of approximately 20kand an output source impedance of 100, (20with the transformer option fitted). Its minimum following stage input impedance should equal or exceed 600.

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LA Audio Electronic EQ231G-SP user manual External connections, Impedance & Termination