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Gonna drop some money on Genelecs tomorrow but need to order suitable cables that will connect between my apogee DUET and the Genelecs.

Any suggestions?

I am buying from Thomann, so any links to suitable cables would be very much appreciated



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The Duet has unbalanced outputs. Get two 10 foot XLR male to 1/4" male cables.

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Hidden Driveways wrote:The Duet has unbalanced outputs. Get two 10 foot XLR male to 1/4" male cables.

yep.

XLR to TS jack (unbalanced) at the length of your choice (keep them as short as possible) will do...

and welcome to the club of genie freaks... and set them up properly, even they are ace speakers they are still subject to all the rules about room acoustics and proper setup and placement / positioning in general (the genelec website and their forum contains very valuable infos on that)

enjoy.

something like that http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_sssnake_mx ... okabel.htm

don't wonder they made a writing mistake they say TRS jack and then in brackets unbalanced, unbalanced is a TS jack... TRS means balanced.

however this is the type of cable you need... just choose the length you need...

got a pair of these http://www.thomann.de/gb/cordial_cpm_5_mv.htm
mainly for the neutrik connectors and im very happy with the build quality

** there are some unbalanced cordials as well

Ty guys and thanks sub for the link

I'll add that to my order now and press go

I am getting some stands too as part if a bundle and even though they have some isolating feet I will get some foam too.


I may buy a little bit of acoustic treatment to fit behind the monitors.


How long do they take to run in btw?


@ip what are neutrik connectors fella?

Rave wrote:Ty guys and thanks sub for the link

I'll add that to my order now and press go

I am getting some stands too as part if a bundle and even though they have some isolating feet I will get some foam too.


I may buy a little bit of acoustic treatment to fit behind the monitors.


How long do they take to run in btw?


@ip what are neutrik connectors fella?

NO, no foam... jeez make your homework about setting up monitors properly and especially genelecs... foam is a no go... i mean for placing it underneath them... jeezzz!!!!! RAVE hello!!! (get acoustic foam for your room if you need)

just take them as they are and place them on stands as stable and rock hard as you can.

buying genelecs and putting foam underneath or to place them on any non rock hard, non wobbly surface is a killer. then you can trow them also straight away and keep your crap you have now.

neutrik is the name of the connector brand ... they make quality shit

IP wrote:neutrik is the name of the connector brand ... they make quality shit

yep the best is actually getting neutrik connectors and klotz cable and soldering it yourself.

SubFunk wrote:

IP wrote:neutrik is the name of the connector brand ... they make quality shit

yep the best is actually getting neutrik connectors and klotz cable and soldering it yourself.

Depends on how good your soldering is...

Rave wrote:How long do they take to run in btw?

never noticed any run in, every single pair runs 16hours continuously under full blast (maximum volume they can manage) with pink noise... at the factory.

that does it, the quality insurance of genelec is bar none. it is an investment for lifetime.

and go to the website about setting up 'know how' don't fuck it up, with some false info you read on forums like this one here...

foam under genelec speakers... grrr. (and don't tell me because the industry makes and sells it it is right!, they make and sell whatever shit stoopid people will buy, unless it is hard foam that is like a rock, that can be OK, depending on the speaker type, but nothing soft, that gives way)

plenty of crap loads of people write. damn it. or go to recording.org and read in the mastering section about it, michael fossenkemper from turtle tone studios moderates it.

wiresmith wrote:

SubFunk wrote:

IP wrote:neutrik is the name of the connector brand ... they make quality shit

yep the best is actually getting neutrik connectors and klotz cable and soldering it yourself.

Depends on how good your soldering is...

yes but personally i dont trust my self on soldering so much i may blow something !

the last time i made a neutrik + belden combination and everything went ok (i think).

But after that i had some evil thoughts about "what if i didnt make it 100% right?"
So i didnt trust my self and went for the manufactured neutrik + cordial!
(and i have 24m top quality beldens sitting in the drawer)

screw soldering, i will get these then

http://www.thomann.de/gb/cordial_cfm_15 ... _kabel.htm

ty

Now for some foam