Activity › Forums › Audio › balanced cables with unbalanced audio Audio balanced cables with unbalanced audio Eric Toline replied 15 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 11 Replies Eric Toline November 8, 2010 at 4:10 am For an unbalanced non xlr output to a balanced xlr input you need to jump pins 1 & 3 in the xlr male connector. That’s assuming that you’re using pin 2 in the xlr as the positive. Eric Page 2 of 2 ← 1 2 Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up