{"id":1720896,"date":"2013-10-09T18:29:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T18:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1720896"},"modified":"2022-07-08T15:43:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:43:56","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-ts-and-trs-cables","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/whats-the-difference-between-ts-and-trs-cables\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the difference between a TS cable and TRS cable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TS<\/strong> stands for tip-sleeve and <strong>TRS<\/strong> stands for tip-ring-sleeve (see picture below).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/shop\/cables\/finder.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1730934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-02-at-5.58.47-PM-1024x391.png\" alt=\"TS and TRS cables \" width=\"398\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-02-at-5.58.47-PM-1024x391.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-02-at-5.58.47-PM-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-02-at-5.58.47-PM-768x293.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-02-at-5.58.47-PM.png 1252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>TS (left) and TRS (right) cable, click to explore.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1720528 alignright\" data-gifffer=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/09\/TipsTricks02-300x157.gif\" alt=\"Side by side drawing of a balanced TRS cable and unblanaced TS cable\" width=\"271\" height=\"142\" \/><\/strong><strong>TS<\/strong> <strong>cables<\/strong> are generally used for mono, unbalanced signals. These are most commonly used with electric\u00a0guitars.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRS cables<\/strong> can be used for mono, balanced signals <em>as well<\/em> as stereo signals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An example of a mono, balanced signal would be the line in or out from your audio interface.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1730938 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/White-Block-Wide.png\" alt=\"White Block Wide\" width=\"244\" height=\"101\" \/>An example of a stereo signal would be what your headphones receive when you plug them into any headphone jack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/what-difference-between-balanced-unbalanced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What is the difference between balanced or unbalanced?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/whats-the-difference-between-mic-instrument-line-and-speaker-level-signals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What&#8217;s the difference between Mic, Instrument, Line, and Speaker level signals?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/wire-xlr-for-balanced-signal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How do you wire an XLR for a Balanced signal?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-to-set-up-a-pa-system\/\"><b>How To Set Up a PA System<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-to-set-up-stage-monitors\/\"><b>How to Set Up Stage Monitors<\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[56933,34346,55314,55313,56932,115935,56934],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article will describe the differences between TS cables and TRS cables and provide a few common examples of when to use each type of cable.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/whats-the-difference-between-ts-and-trs-cables\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What&#039;s the difference between a TS cable and TRS cable? 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