1/4" to RCA?

J.A.I. · Post by **J.A.I.** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:05 am

What's up yall. I ordered me an sp 404 and hopefully i'll be receiving it before christmas but I was just wondering what cables should I get if I want to connect my studio monitors to my sp?

I checked around online at guitar center since I have one where I'm at but I didn't see a female RCA cord/adapter(if that makes sense). However I did see an 1/4" to RCA cable and then an XLR to RCA cable. I didn't want to go out and just buy some cords and end up messing something up so I figured I'll ask here first.

Just let me know and the speakers I have are Tapco(below link).

Peace

http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-MAC-TAPS8-LIST

plexxsounds · Post by **plexxsounds** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:36 am

Well it says the monitors have "Balanced TRS/XLR and unbalanced RCA inputs" so you could just use RCA to RCA cables (no female RCA needed)

axiom gates · Post by **axiom gates** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:37 am

regular red n white rca's will work fine for that setup homie

elhuana · Post by **elhuana** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:48 pm

yea

it appears that the rear panel of your monitor looks like that

If you have regular RCA input it's no problem for you.
However some monitors ( like e.g. my hs50ms ) haven't RCA inputs, and some adaptor is needed if you want to use your rca cables.

Like this ( which I use in my yamahas):

J.A.I. · Post by **J.A.I.** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:49 pm

yea even though I looked at the pictures on the website, i forgot to look at the back of my own speakers. i just checked and yea its an unbalanced RCA slot. silly me but thanks yall for opening my eyes to that. peace

J.A.I. · Post by **J.A.I.** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:04 pm

thanks elhau. i'll most likely end up getting that.