New Balanced RCA Jack

[bruh.wav]

Recently I saw the news about Khadas Tone2 Pro and they announced that they will use a new balanced RCA jack. What do you think about this new balanced jack? Do you think it is necessary to invent a new balanced jack? Are you interested in using this new audio jack?

[MadGman]

lol
Nope, since it would not work with anything than their balanced RCA equipment.
Why? Since better gear and balanced connections are already in the market.
Balanced is Balanced still.

[A_Jedi]

This is a solution that doesn’t belong to any problem.

[db_Cooper]

Might as well stick an MQA label on it.

[MazeFrame]

@bruh.wav

What do you think about this new balanced jack?

This should not exist.
It has all the problems of TRS-balanced (shorting on insertion) without any benefits (is the same size as TRS in the device).
It is even worse than TRS-balanced in the way RCA does not have any meaningful retention system.

They could have gone mini-XLR, or PentaCon. Instead it is a redundant connector that is actually worse than existing solutions.

On the bright side, Triax might make another unwanted return.

[A_Jedi]

@MazeFrame

This should not exist.
It has all the problems of TRS-balanced (shorting on insertion) without any benefits (is the same size as TRS in the device).
It is even worse than TRS-balanced in the way RCA does not have any meaningful retention system.

…it is a redundant connector that is actually worse than existing solutions.

This ^^^^  

[Ohmboy]

Done lol…

[bruh.wav]

@MazeFrame

They could have gone mini-XLR, or PentaCon. Instead it is a redundant connector that is actually worse than existing solutions.

I agree with you. I thought professionals might want this type of connections for some kind of reason that I wouldn’t know.

[Wesley]

I don’t see professionals switching to flimsy RCA connectors. I will always support the release of new tech ideas, but now that it’s out, burn it in a fire. Maybe it will be useful in the future, but not now.

[BluJay614]

@Wesley

burn it in a fire.

[MazeFrame]

@Marzipan

I think a balanced RCA is a dangerous precedent that will ruin headphones or other gear, which is probably why it’s been introduced…to drive business

I just can’t even, honestly.

Like I said above, it is a stupid idea that is redundant in more than one way.

What next? Airplane-adapter balanced?

[2ape2escape]

I guess i get it from the perspective of keeping the hardware small, but presumably they also could’ve done this with another 4.4 out and then some adapters to get to XLR L/R? Not sure I see this picking up much steam, other than ultra tiny DACs as they’re using here, whats the point?

[A_Jedi]

@2ape2escape

whats the point?

There is none. Some idiot marketing wizard likely came up with it.

[MadGman]

@A_Jedi

Some idiot marketing wizard likely came up with it.

Some inventions are creations of a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist

[MazeFrame]

@2ape2escape

also could’ve done this with

If they felt really clever, they could have used two 1/8" TRS (= 3.5mm jack) for balanced.