DIN-5 to RCA/XLR cable for headphone amp

[kmolds]

Hello forum!

I am trying to order a cable from a well known custom cable manufacturer, and I am having issues explaining properly what is “IN” and what is “OUT”. I have sent them pictures and text from explanations I have found here on the forum. Still, I am a bit confused, and they are asking me to verify what is “IN” and what is “OUT”. So am I correct to say that the DIN-5 part which connects to my 552 will be “OUT” and the RCA/XLR (female) part that connects to my Violectric HPA is “IN”?

I am buying two cables, one RCA and one XLR just for the fun of it. 1,25 meters in length, just like my Naim cables.

[Richard.Dane]

Yes, you’ll be taking signal out of the 552 via the Rec Out pins on one of the tape in/out DINs, and then in to your HP amp. See the FAQ on here for more info:

How To Connect a Headphone amp to your Naim system

If you wish to connect a standard (DIN) Headline then you connect the captive DIN signal lead to one of the IN/OUT DIN inputs on a suitable Naim pre-amp or Integrated amp. The manual explains connection as follows; [Headline connection] If you have an RCA Phono Headline then you should connect to Line Out RCA Phonos, should your equipment have them, or alternatively to RCA Phono outputs on a suitable source component. Note that any Headline will require a suitable power supply to operate, ei…

[IanRobertM]

@kmolds

Still, I am a bit confused, and they are asking me to verify what is “IN” and what is “OUT”.

This is important to get it right in this case. Follow what Richard says…

[kmolds]

Thanks! I have forwarded quite a lot of the information I found on this forum so I believe there is a very good chance it is done right. Even easier would be if Naim would sell such a cable through the regular dealers:-) Like one to order from a website without having to explain to a custom cable maker how it is supposed to be wired. There could even be a SuperLumina version of it. I am sure it would sell like, well, at least it would sell.

[Richard.Dane]

Naim offer(ed?) a tape i/c version of the grey interconnect which can be used for HP amp connection use.

[kmolds]

I know of that one. But it would be nicer to have a cable without the two unused RCA connections hanging loose behind the Fraim. There is already enough cable madness as it is. Right now I have such a cable (not from Naim). I also once bought a used Chord cable like this, but it was faulty.

[kmolds]

The back of my stereo is visible from the stairway. Also it gives easy access to cable management.
This is a semi-temporary solution. At one point, somewhere in time, I will renovate the stairway to make it match the rest of the house. It was the only thing that we did not manage to do this year.

[kmolds]

The cables have arrived. I have only tested the DIN-XLR but it works!

It might of course all be in my head, but I am noticing a nice improvement compared to the previous cable which is a DIN-4xRCA cable. And it just looks better not to have two RCA cables hanging uselessly about behind the Fraim.

[graham55]

I have just bought, through Cymbiosis, a (bright red) Chord ‘Shawline’ cable for a slightly non-standard set-up with an Ortofon step-up transformer into a NAIT50. (The red Chord cable matches the red Linn Troika/Goldring rebuilt cartridge almost exactly!)

Part of an utterly fantastic ‘little’ system which has kept me away from my ‘big’ system upstairs for quite a few days now!