# XLR (to speaker) any better than 1/4" TRS?

**URL:** <https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/xlr-to-speaker-any-better-than-1-4-trs/5723>\
**Category:** Quad Cortex\
**Created:** [October 2, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/xlr-to-speaker-any-better-than-1-4-trs/5723 "2021-10-02T22:20:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![xxtwighlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e4f/32.png) [@xxtwighlight](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/xxtwighlight)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/xlr-to-speaker-any-better-than-1-4-trs/5723/1 "2021-10-02T22:20:39Z")

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Which is best?

XLR cable or 1/4 TRS cable (QCortex to speaker monitor).

Thanx

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**Author:** ![hasse\_fx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/hasse_fx/32/1368_2.png) [@hasse\_fx](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/hasse_fx)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/xlr-to-speaker-any-better-than-1-4-trs/5723/2 "2021-10-03T00:32:23Z")

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Generally XLR and TRS are equal, but in the case of the QC, the TRS outputs 3 & 4 are 6dB hotter than the XLR outs, so I’d go with the TRS, should I go analog.