Thomann NB 4.0

If you are in the position I was in, wondering how to connect a tape deck "all the way over there" to a mixer "over here" then you may have wondered if you can connect this to a the sssnakeCat Snake 3MC
the sssnake Cat Snake 3MC to get RCA to XLR via a balanced CAT cable.

If you are like me you may have figured out friom the manuals that to have a chance of working you need to open the unit and swap around two connections so the pinouts match.

I am here to tell you that doesn't work. The impedance mismatch between the transformer and the input of your XLR interface is too high for a passive system to overcome. The resulting audio is thin and tinny.

If you buy a second one and use it as intended it works great (although a little pricy for what it is)