All duly noted.

I really just wondered if there was a way to take advantage of the 'balanced' output on the Scarlett, with shielding of some type. Since the monitor inputs are RCA, I'm guessing that there's not much I can do. I do need to replace the gray Shack cables, they do make noise when bumping them around. I haven't used them for 3 years or so, when I bought the TASCAM. That's outta here, and the Scarlett sits pretty in it's place. The TASCAM had RCA outs.

I've never bought into expensive cable. I'm a bulk-lamp-cord guy from long ago for speaker cable. I learned that from the choir director I worked for as a volunteer back in the 80's. That guy could play piano like Andre Crouch or Floyd Cramer - depending on his mood, sing like Perry Como, repair anything from Peavey from the 70's-80's, was the earliest adopter of MIDI that I know personally (we had a Fender/Rhodes Chroma in the choir - right when they came out), made great and creative use of PZM mics when they first came out, etc. etc. etc. I learned many 'unconventional' use of microphones and audio gear from Roger. I made many long run speaker cables for our concerts with an old gun style soldering iron, bulk brown lamp cord and 1/4" plugs that we always had on hand in our old GMC 4104 and 4107 busses that we toured in. Roger did all the diesel engine and tranny work on those as well - to a point - routine maintenance stuff - but more than once I showed up at his house and he was up to his shoulders in grease!

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