Connecting Kronos-2 to a pair of active monitors

sig_korg · Post by **sig_korg** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:36 pm

Hello guys,
I have the KROSS 2-88 and use it at home and had been always using headphones to play.
I am planning to purchase a pair of active monitor for the first time to connect to the Kross.

By looking at the Kross-2 outputs and reading the manuals i see the outputs are 6.3 mm (1/4") phone jacks(TS unbalanced).

The monitor i am planning to purchase is a JBL, i love them

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... io-monitor

The monitors have XLR and TRS balanced inputs. I am trying to figure out what kind of cables should i be looking into to connect the Kross-2 and the JBL monitors.
thanks.

voip · Post by **voip** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 8:42 pm

The monitors should work fine with either TS or TRS cables with 1/4" jacks at each end. 8" monitors will have a better bottom end than the 5" speakers. Some of the Kross Programs have quite "meaty" basses to their sounds.

Biggles · Post by **Biggles** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:13 am

The link is showing that those are no longer available.

Check out Mackie units, they get good reviews.

I have Behringer B108D units that I use with my Kross 2 and they sound fine and I also use them in a 5000 ft2 Hall as PA speakers and find them powerfull enough at 300W. They take standard 1/4 mono jack leads, I use a pair of standard guitar jack to jack leads to connect the Kross to the speakers.