Rokit and XLR

[Silver]

So I've been wanting to get some KRK Rokit 5s for a while now, but I'm not entirely sure what to do connection-wise. I know they have TRS connectors, and that I could just get a Scarlet i2i and be done with it, but it made me wonder. Are there any USB amps/DACs/Audio Interfaces that have XLR outputs? I've not really found any, or, at least, haven't found ones that aren't ~$700 USD. So I'm not entirely sure if they're out there. Does anyone else have one, or know of one?

 

TL;DR: Can I get XLR output from my computer using USB?

[creatip123]

If the KRK's plug is TRS, why would you want to change it to XLR? I can understand if you already own an XLR amp, and want to interconnect TRS to XLR, but from your case, you don't have any amp yet, right?

 

USB = Digital

XLR or TRS = analog

 

Thus, to bridge them, there must be a DAC in between.

[Silver]

If the KRK's plug is TRS, why would you want to change it to XLR? I can understand if you already own an XLR amp, and want to interconnect TRS to XLR, but from your case, you don't have any amp yet, right?

 

USB = Digital

XLR or TRS = analog

 

Thus, to bridge them, there must be a DAC in between.

I know that, I was just wondering if there was such a thing. I'm pretty sure I'm just going to use a Scarlet i2i, but I was just curious.

[creatip123]

I know that, I was just wondering if there was such a thing. I'm pretty sure I'm just going to use a Scarlet i2i, but I was just curious.

 

- http://www.amazon.com/Parasound-Digital-Analog-Converter-Black/dp/B00ANTVS90/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-4&keywords=balanced+dac

- http://www.amazon.com/DAC2-HGC-Black-Remote-Control/dp/B009W98LTW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1410730525&sr=8-5&keywords=balanced+dac

- http://www.amazon.com/Emotiva-Stealth-DC-1-Balanced-Differential/dp/B00FBQ84F6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-1&keywords=balanced+dac

- http://www.amazon.com/Gungnir-Balanced-Digital-Analog-Convertor/dp/B00BFEV7JS/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1410730525&sr=8-7&keywords=balanced+dac

- http://www.amazon.com/Little-Dot-Digital-Converter-DAC/dp/B00A2QM0UK/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1410730525&sr=8-10&keywords=balanced+dac

 

Lots of others. All it takes is 10-15 seconds of search in amazon

[BoredErica]

Why do you want balanced? I just pop them in with RCA.

[creatip123]

Why do you want balanced? I just pop them in with RCA.

 

That's my original question. Well, unless the plan is to have more than 15m of wires....

[Silver]

- http://www.amazon.com/Parasound-Digital-Analog-Converter-Black/dp/B00ANTVS90/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-4&keywords=balanced+dac

- http://www.amazon.com/DAC2-HGC-Black-Remote-Control/dp/B009W98LTW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1410730525&sr=8-5&keywords=balanced+dac

- http://www.amazon.com/Emotiva-Stealth-DC-1-Balanced-Differential/dp/B00FBQ84F6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-1&keywords=balanced+dac

- http://www.amazon.com/Gungnir-Balanced-Digital-Analog-Convertor/dp/B00BFEV7JS/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1410730525&sr=8-7&keywords=balanced+dac

- http://www.amazon.com/Little-Dot-Digital-Converter-DAC/dp/B00A2QM0UK/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1410730525&sr=8-10&keywords=balanced+dac

 

Lots of others. All it takes is 10-15 seconds of search in amazon

Huh... Guess I was just searching for the wrong thing. Thanks!

 

That's my original question. Well, unless the plan is to have more than 15m of wires....

 

Why do you want balanced? I just pop them in with RCA.

As I said, it was more just curiosity. Though I guess it'd be kind of cool to bring my speakers to my sister's room and wake her up with them!