MPC 3000LE 8 OUTPUTS... BALANCED OR UNBALANCED???

mpc3000 wrote:Here's the proof:



For those of you that actually `build` MPC's, you will recognize the above pic of the ad/da board of the MPC3000. On the left are the main outs and on the right are the record inputs. You will note that on the REC INPUT uses the required 3 connection balance as noted by the 1, 2, 3. We all know that balancing requires 3 connections. On the left you will note that even though there are 3 connections on the jack as noted by the large circle, but one of the three is not connected as shown in the small circle. You cannot run a balanced line using only 2 connections.

These particular jacks are very common and Akai has used them on everything since the S900.