steve-soar Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I would like to use my Boss GT6B as a preamp to drive My Crown XTi 1000 power amp but I 'm not sure what type of cable to use. The GT6B has an XLR output for balanced connection and the Crown has an XLR input, can I use a microphone cable? Can anyone tell me the best way to link the two together. Cheers Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 [quote name='steve-soar' post='132718' date='Feb 2 2008, 06:56 PM']I would like to use my Boss GT6B as a preamp to drive My Crown XTi 1000 power amp but I 'm not sure what type of cable to use. The GT6B has an XLR output for balanced connection and the Crown has an XLR input, can I use a microphone cable? Can anyone tell me the best way to link the two together. Cheers Steve.[/quote] An XLR to XLR mic cable should be fine as long as the XLR output level from the Boss is high enough to drive the amp. You can do no damage by trying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Cheers obbm, the Crown manual says it has a maximum input gain of 22 dbu and the Boss puts out -10 to +4 dbu. It doesn't look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 [quote name='steve-soar' post='132733' date='Feb 2 2008, 07:37 PM']Cheers obbm, the Crown manual says it has a maximum input gain of 22 dbu and the Boss puts out -10 to +4 dbu. It doesn't look good. [/quote] Looking at the Crown spec I'm not so sure. You may just have enough drive. Try it and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Hi obbm I don't have a cab as yet as I'm waiting for a Schroeder 410 from Shaun at SHX. Will a lower input from the preamp result in lower output from the power amp ? Cheers Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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