Our experience is that there are systems where the XLR connection sounds better than the RCA connection, and there are systems where the opposite is true. So if for instance you were connecting a CD player with XLR connection to an amplifier with RCA connection, you may well find that the extra signal strength will overdrive the RCA input on the amplifier. If you're just getting into audio recording, you've probably got yourself a microphone and are wondering the best way to connect it.

XLR Cables or 3-Pin Audio cables are traditionally used as professional low noise microphone cables for your dynamic and phantom powered condenser microphones. Established in 2008, Nintronics is a specialist retailer and installer of High Fidelity Music and Home Cinema Systems. XLR Cables sport a circular design and range from 3-pin to 7-pins, providing a balanced audio connection.At the receiving equipment, any noise that is common to both the hot and cold pins is cancelled out.

Everyone’s listening preferences are unique, so we offer a relaxed and pressure free environment, with our three demonstration studios, extensive headphone area and large showroom facilities to aid you in your journey. Including a number of renowned audio cable brands such as Connex, Hosa, and Mogami that will be perfect for your microphones. In a hi-fi system though, where perhaps the longest interconnect is 1 metre and the signal is up to 4 volts, then the need for XLR connections is more questionable. It’s very easy to assume that if your equipment has both XLR and RCA connections, that XLR connections are going to be the better sounding connection.The hot pin carries the signal, the cold pin also carries the signal but inverted (think mirror image) and the third carries the earth. So with any system that has both XLR and RCA connections, we would recommend that you try both connections and decide for yourself which is the better sounding connection for you. We are proud to have brought together one of the finest selections of audio equipment available, regardless of budget, and we encourage you to book a demonstration and have a listen for yourself. This makes a lot of sense in recording studios where long runs of cable are often needed to carry the small voltage signal generated by a microphone over (certainly in terms of hi-fi) very long runs of cable. Including connecting your DJ mixer to powered speakers, your XLR microphone to a mixer, or patching audio processors together.