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1)I assumed that when I saw the picture of the Luna, that the two 1/4 in. hook-ups were outputs for the monitors. I've read now that one is a stereo unbalanced input, and one is stereo unbalanced output. My alesis M1 speakers are balanced inputs.

Should I just get a Y-cable for the output and hook up my speakers? What kind of Y-cable? TRS to double TRS? TRS to double TS? Will it make a big difference in my sound to have an unbalanced input running into a balanced input? Should I get a line converter to change my signal to balanced before it goes to the speaker?

2)I'm putting the card in a newly put together machine with a NF7 mobo. I know about the IRQ situation, but does the card do better in one PCI slot than another?

1. use a stereo to 2 ts connector y cable. there will be no real loss of sound quality.

2. any slot where you can get a unique irq for the card is good.

Thanks for the response. I have a trs to double ts here at hand. Can I use my trs to trs speaker cables? or should I spring for ts to trs speaker cables?

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Resonant Serpent on 2005-04-24 19:08 ]</font>

well, there's no true standard, but usually devices with trs jacks are wired tip+ ring- and sleeve ground, so the worst thing you'll get is ring and sleeve shorted combining ground and - . no real problem.

if you wire a cable trs on one end and ts on another, t+ r- sg ---- t+ s- , you'll lift the ground between monitor and computer which could break any potential ground loop.....

Thank you for your help