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Old 06-23-2009, 10:33 AM
Masao Masao is offline
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Originally Posted by Orphan View Post
At the risk of over simplifying, the xlr is for a microphone.
Other than that, I don't know.
Tayloralf, Orphan may be correct in that the XLR connection you see may only be for a mic. I am not familiar with that amp so i can only speak about the relative merits between a XLR and 1/4". Since some guitars output balanced signals (ie., Taylor A/E guitars output balanced signal) these guitars can be directly connected to a PA system (XLR connection). Note though the key here is that the line is balanced or unbalanced and not really the connector type (XLR vs 1/4). I dont know if your amp's 1/4" is a balanced or unbalanced line but i suspect it is unbalanced. XLR is by its design a balanced line. But there are 1/4" balanced lines too (ie., TRS 1/4" is balanced and TS 1/4" is unbalanced). If you do some search on this forum for TRS or XLR you should see more discussion on this. 2 cents.

Ken
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