Author Topic: Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch  (Read 7082 times)

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Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch
« on: April 09, 2016, 07:40:16 pm »
Hey everyone,

I just bought new monitors, and for the first time since I started producing years ago, I now have two pairs. I want to be able to set up both next to each other and switch between the two pairs for referencing.

I know a lot of control stations exist, l was recommended the Mackie Knob by a friend, but that seems like a whole lot of extra crap and volume knobs that I don't need. So my question is, is there some sort of box or control station that just has a L/R XLR input and two pairs of XLR outputs and a switch? I feel like it should exist, but everything i search turns up empty or full of other stuff that shares the same keywords.

right now my set up looks like this (as I am sure yours does too)
Computer->soundcard->sub->monitors

I want to try to make this somehow
                                                                             newmonitors
Computer->soundcard->sub->SWITCH<
                                                                               oldmonitors


Does anyone know? Thanks

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Re: Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2016, 07:43:09 pm »
I am an idiot.

I literally just found one
http://www.goldpt.com/sw2x.html

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Re: Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2016, 07:50:17 pm »
I am an idiot.

I literally just found one
http://www.goldpt.com/sw2x.html
You are not and thanks for the find. Might come handy in the future. :)
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Re: Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2016, 09:22:31 pm »
I am going to try this one, crossing my fingers it doesn't suck because it costs half the price of the first one
http://www.amazon.com/ARX-Audibox-Switcher-Stereo-Switcher/dp/B00ASVXBO8/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CFXE4NVGGV77EPV3VE8

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Re: Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2016, 09:32:24 pm »
Yeah. Seems straight forward. I like they state its silent when swithching. That would be my only concern, so if that's solved, I guess it'll do.
...when I think about it, I might use the opposite switch in the future. Selecting between two PC's outputs into one pair of speakers. ...but I think this definitely must exist too.
Edit: Oooor it might be actually solvable by something like this: http://usa.yamaha.com/products/live_sound/mixers/analog-mixers/mg_standard_model/mg06/
« Last Edit: April 09, 2016, 09:46:34 pm by FarleyCZ »
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Re: Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2016, 09:41:04 am »
Wow, why are they so expensive?

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Re: Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2016, 10:27:24 am »
I guess there's some kind of circuit in there to ensure silent switching. That probably makes the price.
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Re: Does this piece of gear exist? XLR switch
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2016, 03:05:56 pm »
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000068OGY/ref=s9_simh_gw_g23_i5_r?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-3&pf_rd_r=1QMJ85N0FCJ5EKMVJQAE&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2437869462&pf_rd_i=desktop

Another more affordable one, except you need to purchase XLR to quarter inch converters

edit: or you know.... your monitors have a quarter inch input (90% chance they do)
« Last Edit: April 12, 2016, 01:03:26 am by Puppet »