Edirol and Yorkville connections

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Member Since: Mar 13, 2003

Hello-
This is a MAJOR Newbie question. I searched forever on this topic for this combo of gear but couldn't glean any info from other threads...

I just got my Yorkville monitors in (!!) and I'm sure I will find a way to break them if I don't get some help. I don't want to have to wait until Monday to call the manufacturers, but I will if have to --.

Anyway, I find some apparently contradictory instructions in the manuals for the Yorkville YSM P1 monitors and my Edirol UA-5 sound card/USB box regarding Connections.

Your patience is greatly appreciated- you'll need it to read on....

Yorkville says that the cables to use ideally should be balanced. They say it is not required but everywhere I read that it is the ideal.

The specific question is:
From what OUTPUT on the Edirol UA-5/USB box to the Yorkvilles (YSM-P1)?

The Edirol manual says to use the Headphone jack to connnect to monitors. BUT the Yorkville manual says the signal must be Line Level. These are different, right? The Yorkville manual says Unbalanced can be used, but balanced is recommended.
The Edirol UA-5 unit itself has two 1/4" jacks that say "output". Do I use these jacks or the Headphone jack?

The Yorkville manual says that each monitor should be connected to a "single line-level" source; "e.g the Right or Left line output from a mixer or pre-amp. " Is this really telling me to use these R & L Output jacks from the Edirol?

I don't know anything about OHMS yet.
The OHMS are this:
Yorkville input impedance=10 K ohms... Input sensitivity= 1 Vrms (whats that?)

Edirol OHMS; Master out= 1 K ohm; Headphones = 50 ohm

The other confusing part is that the Edirol diagram picture of the Output 1/4" plugs coming out of the Right and Left "Outputs" have just one stripe (unbalanced?) The Edirol does not have any XLR outs but the Yorkvilles have the option for both 1/4" and XLR.

So If I use balanced plugs out of the Outputs on the Edirol- will they work? Do I plug the Right output from the Edirol to one Yorkville and the Left to the other Yorkville? Will that give me the full stereo sound I get from the headphones? This is the most confusing part to me. If I want to hear the real picture isn't the headphone the full stereo? The whole idea of using a right and left output from the Edirol soundcard seems odd to me...how is it separated?

One other thing. Connecting one Yorkville to the other - If indeed the Headphone jack is the right answer... I'd connect one balanced cord from the headphone jack to one monitor, and then one balanced cord between the two monitors to connect them? OR , somehow split off the signal from the headphone jack into two cords (balance or unbalanced?) and into each monitor.?

This is not the kind of thing for trial & error testing with my luck. I don't know if the Edirol and Yorkville manuals are truly contradicting each other but for my skill level, they are.

Thanks again for your patience.

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Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002

Mar 29, 2003 10:02 pm

OK Alanfc, take a deep breath and relax. It is really very simple. Yes you can use unbalanced cable to the moniters. Yes you use the left and right line outputs from the Edirol, the headphone jack is not recomended. Your stereo signal is of course going to be stereo ie: left and right output from the Edirol which make it stereo. And for the differance in impedance, you dont want to feed a bigger signal to the Yorkvilles then they are capable of recieving. And they are well covered for the output impedance of the Edirol, so dont worry.

And yes, if you only have balanced 1/4" cables, you can use them from the Edirol to the moniters, it will be OK.

Hope this straightens it out for ya.

Peace

Member
Since: Mar 13, 2003

Mar 30, 2003 12:09 am


Noize-
Thanks alot. I thought it should have been a breeze but I didn't want to hurt my precious new items.
I should use balanced because they're less prone to noise right? I mean if the diagram on the Edirol manual shows an unbalanced cord coming from the L and R Outs you're saying balanced is still ok?
Is Radio Shack a safe place to buy these cords?- I want the best I can get.

Thanks again for making it simple. You should see some of the complicated (but well-intentioned) responses I've gotten elsewhere....

Member
Since: Mar 13, 2003

Mar 30, 2003 12:19 am


Duh

I just read your post again.

Balanced it is... but how about Radio Shack?

Thanks

Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002

Mar 30, 2003 08:14 am

Radio Shack cables will do, but if you have a music store close enough, I would pop for the couple extra dollars and buy a little better quality cables. The Radio shack cables are not really the best, but they will do in a pinch. And to be honest, they are not made as durable or with as high a quality cable as even the cheaper cables you can buy in the music stores.

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