XLR can ground the hot tip when plugging in, while TRS won't. Else both same three conductor balanced cords, afaik. Edit IMO, XLR are sturdier. Polar pretty much nailed it. I prefer XLR for exactly ...

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The MIDI spec was released in 1983, and for more than thirty years every synthesizer, drum machine, and piece of computer hardware with MIDI has sported an enormous DIN-5 jack on the back. Why did ...

Seems an odd one to me. I have a Sony Z4 tablet. Plug in my headphones, music plays no problem. Plug into one of a couple portable speakers, music plays no problem. Plug into a trs cable that goes to ...

All this crankiness about the iPhone's new, smaller dock connector—the thin, rectangular port at the bottom that your phone charger plugs into—has made us appreciate the stability of the phone's other ...

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All this crankiness about the iPhone's new, smaller dock connector—the thin, rectangular port at the bottom that your phone charger plugs into—has made us appreciate the stability of the phone's other ...