Re: [LAU] Focusrite Saffire PRO 40 at 96kHz

From: Arnold Krille <arnold@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Feb 06 2014 - 19:05:50 EET

Am Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:29:52 +0100
schrieb José Agustín Terol Sanchis <agus3985@email-addr-hidden>:

> Thank you for your answers and suggestions.
>
> BTW, Jeremy, I've been taking a look at the Saffire 40 user manual,
> and I have a doubt. When phantom power is turned on (for example, at
> 5-8 inputs), does this affect to input lines in the same segment
> (5-8)? I mean, it has a connector XLR/TRS combo, so, I wonder if the
> +48V only affects the XLR plug, or it will also power the TRS
> connection (that could damage some line-level stuff connected at
> TRS). Well, I think this question is more or less applicable to those
> interfaces with this kind of input combos.

Applying phantom-power to the line-inputs would be against the specs.
So, no, no sane vendor does that.

And while the TRS and XLR share the socket, the contacts are different
as the amplification-stages are different...

- Arnold

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