Firebox question

[kiltie]

Hey all and knowing, hahahah
If I purchased a Firebox by Presonus, are there any other cables or accessories that I would have to buy in order to install and use this soundcard? I have a macbook with a 400 firewire port and my speakers are Bose with RCA ends.

[jthompsn]

Rca to 1/4" plugs/adaptor? Assuming you connect to the bose via rca.

[kiltie]

No the only 1/4" I have is my headphone adapter. My speakers have RCA plugs on the end. I do see on the Firebox that there are no RCA male or female plugs. I know that on the Numark for instance the connections are all RCA and on the Firebox they seem to be all 1/4".

[kiltie]

No the only 1/4" I have is my headphone adapter. My speakers have RCA plugs on the end. I do see on the Firebox that there are no RCA male or female plugs. I know that on the Numark for instance the connections are all RCA and on the Firebox they seem to be all 1/4".
I just know that I have to order a preamp or soundcard or interface or whatever you wanna call it.

[SherpaPsy]

The Firebox is an external sound card, and you are right, the outputs are 1/4" female connectors, so to connect your speakers you would need rca feamle to 1/4" male adapters. If your speakers are powered, I don't think you would need anything else, if they are not, you would need an amplifier.

[gavgrant]

The Firebox is an external sound card, and you are right, the outputs are 1/4" female connectors, so to connect your speakers you would need rca feamle to 1/4" male adapters. If your speakers are powered, I don't think you would need anything else, if they are not, you would need an amplifier.

cool, however I'm using balanced 1/4" lead- can this be used with an RCA adaptor - which i believe is unbalanced????

Await your reply.

Thanks
G.

[djhipnotikk]

cool, however I'm using balanced 1/4" lead- can this be used with an RCA adaptor - which i believe is unbalanced????

Await your reply.

Thanks
G.

should still work. "balanced" just means "grounded" really.

[gavgrant]

should still work. "balanced" just means "grounded" really.

cool - that'll save me some cash.

i was always told "balanced to balanced" and "unablanced to unbalanced"???

its just to connect my firewire box to a DJ mixer (RCA inputs)

[djhipnotikk]

well since they make things like this:

http://www.topdjgear.com/ge18gadu1mad.html

i'd assume it would be fine.

[minimalmintek]

"balanced to balanced" and "unablanced to unbalanced"

I pretty sure that you can go balanced to unbalanced without problem... it's just that you'll loose the pros of balanced signal

well since they make things like this:

http://www.topdjgear.com/ge18gadu1mad.html

i'd assume it would be fine.

This cable is not balanced.. the 1/4" is TS, so unbalanced...
But anyway you can use them without problems...