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just as well with a pair of $20 microphone cables from your local musical instrument or
pro-audio store (or Amazon) as with something fancy.
If your source has only RCA outputs, then you can get good results using your existing
RCA cables with an adapter. If you have told us you’ll be using RCA interconnects, we
have supplied adapters for you to use. Again, a pro-audio market product will do the
trick, and a good example is the Hosa Technology GXM133, available from Amazon
or pretty much any musical instrument or pro audio shop for under $10 each.
Gain control
. Ideally, for the very best signal to noise ratio, the gain controls
should be set so that the speakers are going about as loud as they can when your
source level is set at maximum. Of course, there's always some uncertainty about
what is "loud as they can," so rules of thumb are probably the best way to go,
namely:
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Gain at maximum (+6 dB) when driven directly from a DAC, portable
player, or phone. (If you have music on your phone with at least a 224
kbps rate, you'll be impressed by how good it can sound on these
speakers.)
•
Gain at halfway up (0 dB) when driven from a preamp or server.
There are mild detents in the control's operation that will help you set them
equally.