It's like having a nice cable with XLR connectors on the end, then sticking 1/8" jack adapters on the ends. Just doesn't feel right...
Or like making a cheese ploughmans sandwich with Kraft cheese slices...
Sometimes you need strange adaptors like that.
When the sound quality of domestic stuff became comparable with Broadcast equipment, many times, it was the cheapest way to supply something like a standby voice announcement.
Broadcasters often did use just such "brute force" connections from the outputs of the "domestic" device into audio distribution amplifiers which were designed for 600 Ohm balanced audio.
It was a little "sick making" when I first saw it done, but it worked, & providing you used it with care, worked well!
The cable between the two would often have to plug into a 1/8" jack on one end, & an XLR type socket at the other.
About the "ploughman's sandwich".
When I first went to the UK, I had heard much about the famed "ploughman's lunch", so was eager to try it.
It arrived on a smallish plate------a "buttered bun", a slab of "mousetrap" cheese, & a pickled onion!
A bit underwhelming, in my humble opinion.
It didn't get better when I ate it, either------I had severe indigestion the rest of the day!
Oh dear... that is not a proper "Ploughman's Lunch". As ever, if you go to the wrong shop, you'll end up buying trash.
A proper one would be rough cut freshly baked white bread, spread with freshly churned butter, and containing mature cheddar, and sliced onion on the side. For me it must also have fresh lettuce, and tomato. Mostly you'll find brown bread with cheese, tomato, lettuce, and "Ploughman's Pickle" which is a Heinz contrivance.
A good sandwich shop/pub/cafe will make it with the best quality ingredients, though they'll still use Heinz Pickle.
That reminds me of the good old days working retail... like 15 years ago
There was a bakery next to where I worked that made sandwiches. These were well topped up and the price was about the same as if I went much further down the street to the grocery store just to get the ingredients. I became one of the regulars and eventually heard from my co-worker about "The Langford" which was not on the menu. Now, this was a real sandwich. A whole loaf was cut lengthwise to make a top and bottom, then all the ingredients were stuffed in the middle.
Even in those days, the sandwich was good for two meals, which was perfect. The place where I worked sold bikes, skis, climbing gear, kayaks, etc. After work, we would often go out and do one of those activities. I spent way more time with my co-workers than I did at home in those days. I imagine one sandwich would make five meals at my current level of activity.
Actually, one time only I ate the whole sandwich in one sitting.
The back story is that one day one of the guys from the Langford Canoe store walked into the bakery and asked for the biggest possible sandwich they could make. The bakery obliged and word got around the neighbourhood. Sadly, I never met that guy as the Langford Canoe store was gone by that time, although really high quality canoes could still be directly ordered from their workshop.
Sadly, the bakery is now gone and Langford Canoe company is long gone. The place I worked is still there, but has totally lost the culture it had back then.
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