User Manual

7
Connecting your equipment
Chord amplifiers are supplied with and designed to be connected using balanced inputs. The interconnecting cables you
use will depend on the available input and output sockets on your other equipment. We have installed unbalanced inputs
on all Chord equipment, thus enabling you to mix Chord Electronics and other manufacturer’s equipment.
Balanced inputs carry twice the strength of signal of unbalanced inputs and are able to be fed down long lengths of cable
with less deterioration of signal. They are also less prone to interference than unbalanced inputs. Balanced inputs have
three pins and use Neutric XLR style connectors. Pin 1 is earth, pin 2 is positive and pin 3 is negative.
Unbalanced inputs use RCA phono connectors, which are gold plated with teflon high performance dielectric insulators
for optimum performance.
Basic system diagram
1
2
3
outputs
inputs
CD Transport
Turntable
outputs
inputs
outputs
inputs
outputs
inputs
DAC 64
SYMPHONIC
phono stage
power amplifier
pre-amplifier
speakers
- Amplfication
- Switching and
level control
- Data and
analogue
conversion
- Signal
Source
Red Reference
CD Player
CD Player