Zapco Simbilink?

[Istari1 10+ year member]

I probably spelled that wrong, but anyway. . . I am getting a used 360.4 soon but w/o the Simbilink connectors. It's tough th find exactly what they do and wether there is any difference with or w/o them. Should I go buy one or am I fine with just the plain RCA's?

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[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

i have the same amp, but the company i bought it from always used the rca's, they say using the symlink cable it boosts the preout voltage and cleans up the sound quality, it seems to have responce than rca's deliver

 

[DiDan 10+ year member]

yup,

symbilink is just a balanced line driver. if you run symbilink directly from the deck to the amp you have higher voltage, lower noise, better SQ. no issues with ground loops or other "dirt" in the signal.

but you do not need them, just hook it up and see if RCAs work well.

DiDan

 

[Istari1 10+ year member]

Well I'm using an Eclipse 8445 with 8V pre-outs, so perhaps I dont need the sibilink connectors then if all they do is boost pre-out response. If I find one cheap maybe I'll give it a whirl later, for now guess I'll stick with RCA's.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

I never could never tell a difference in Sq between a symb vs rca zap reference setup...Nor could I tell one from running Arc xxks with rcas vs C2ks with symbilink.

I could only see benefits in lessening the amount of cables/connections should you run it with a Zapco processor, therefore optimizing the propritary conections.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

yup,symbilink is just a balanced line driver. if you run symbilink directly from the deck to the amp you have higher voltage, lower noise, better SQ. no issues with ground loops or other "dirt" in the signal.

but you do not need them, just hook it up and see if RCAs work well.

DiDan

No, symbilink is not just a balanced driver, its a line of balanced proprietary connectors. Yes, symbilink does have a balanced driver to chose from should you chose to use one.

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

You don't need the BLD to run the cables....and it's not noise free //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif