I'm now a Cardas Woman. I used to be a Kimber gal

02-18-14: Sunnyjim
You know this hobby brings with it a serious and sometimes lethal element of audio neurvosa, so why stoke the fires of others's potential audio obsession. If you got to preach from the pulpit(or throne which ever self image may fit you) preach moderation and financial self control.

There is no need to snap out at others just because you have emotional issues that you cannot control. That is very immature behavior. You really want to control your audio nervosa? Stop reading glossy rags and audio forums. Just leave the arena as promised. You are not only torturing yourself, you are torturing others with your whiny, sniveling, incessant babbling. Leave the hobby, it is obvious that it is causing you tremendous psychological pain and scarring. Get help, before it's too late.

Does anyone else imagine Sheldons' voice ( from Big Bang Theory) whenever they read SmoggyJims posts?

Getting back to the original subject, Elizabeth I would second Stevecham's earlier suggestion that the 7 meter Parsec might be defective. The Parsec is described as having two conductors surrounded by a braided shield. If the shield is properly connected to pin 1 at both ends, I would expect it to provide an effective ground path.

If you still have that cable, and if you haven't already done so, I would use a multimeter to check for continuity between the two connectors, for each of the three pins.

If you have a multimeter and do that, if possible also check that there is no continuity between pin 1 and an exposed metal point on the shell of each of the connectors. IME XLR cables generally have no connection between pin 1 and the connector shell; if there is such a connection in your particular cable (either by design or by defect) it's conceivable that it could create the incompatibility you described, depending on the internal grounding configuration of the components.

Best regards,
-- Al

I started up the road with Cardas Golden Crosses and Kimber Hero's. And, while I haven't been back there for a while, I jsut sold my last pair of Hero's off. They stayed in place for an old cd recorder/cassette player I had for a long time. Yeoman's work!

@ Jmcgrogan2, Hi, The Full loom comment was for Schubert, I have been poping pop corn and eating it and laughing my ass off reading this thread! I see a few of our friends run off from the thread when the flame wars started, I have No comment, LOL!, yep, you can teach an ole dog like me to say nothing, sometimes, Its best not too!