Cool. Just wanted to be sure I wasn't going to be dealing with crazy level issues or anything. At the moment it's really a guessing game of whether the thing is working or not... which is irritating.
I'm using those same connectors from Monoprice. The low-level connections wired through my walls are all XLR, but the only equipment I have at the moment that uses balanced in/out are the dual ep500 subs (awesome). The receiver uses rca outs, and I use an rca->xlr to get the signal into the wall. Then, I use a standard xlr cable to take the signal out from the wall and into the sub. I was getting level issues, and I think the reason is that the xlr input expects both live legs to be swinging relative to ground in opposite directions. If only one is swinging, the net voltage difference is halved. This corresponds to a 6db suppression, which has to be compensated by boosting the level in the source -- at least I think that is what is happening. I haven't done an audyssey level matching yet (surrounds aren't even hung yet), but I wanted to really enjoy the bass, and actually boosted them all the way to 12db (I did listen to the test tones, and this may not really be far too far off the correct balance). Amazing -- shaking the chairs.
