Why the 220 ohm resistor between the two outputs?

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Offline ccmccull

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on: December 07, 2021, 07:56:06 PM
I'm curious about the purpose of that 220 ohm resistor between the center pins of the two rca outputs. Does it cause the two outputs to behave differently at all? Thanks!

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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #1 on: December 08, 2021, 06:51:54 AM
The resistors provide some isolation between the outputs, which can be helpful under certain conditions.  If you have long cables to a subwoofer amp, I would plug those into the second set of outputs.  The resistors will slightly increase the output impedance of that pair of jacks, but not substantially.

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Reply #2 on: December 09, 2021, 08:51:12 AM
Thanks Paul! By chance I had my s/w & main amp hooked up in the opposite way. So I switched them yesterday to see if it made any discernible difference. The system sounds the same, or in other words, still amazing! Thanks again for the quick reply!

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