< I=B4ve never looked at that connection on the Rane Note before, but upon =
closer look it seems very wrong, yes. I=B4ve never lifted a ground like tha=
t. >
I don't have the Rane paper in front of me, but there is a scheme for runni=
ng line level unbalanced connections through balanced 2 conductor cable. On=
the source end the hot signal connects to one of the conductors & the grou=
nd connects to the other conductor, with the shield unconnected. On the des=
tination end the hot conductor goes to hot while the cold conductor is tied=
to the shield & goes to ground. Back when semi-pro equipment was running l=
ine level on unbalanced RCA connectors I wired an entire studio this way wi=
th Mogami 2 conductor cable. It worked well & was very quiet, but this is o=
nly for line level signals. Microphones need shield connected at both ends =
& phantom power only works into a balanced input.
SF
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