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In Reply to: RE: This Proves It posted by PaulF70 on October 22, 2016 at 17:48:41
To take full advantage of balanced equipment the whole system needs to be balanced, from source to amplifier. Including cables, especially long cables since they are the most likely to pick up EMI.
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Yes, I've read that many times. Can you explain what happens in the balanced-> SE-> balanced conversion that loses the balanced advantages?
Balanced splits the signal into 2 halves or phases, a positive and negative, each on its own conductor. When the 2 halves (plus and minus) are recombined any common noise that was picked up on each conductor is cancelled out since the noise is not out of phase. A SE signal is on one conductor so there is no cancelling of any noise picked up.
Differentially balanced means there are separate circuits for the + and - sections of the signal. Most of the time, companies put XLR connections on their components just as bragging rights....these connections are not balanced. Because of the seperate circuits on balanced components, they are more expensive and sound better than single ended circuits.
Edits: 10/22/16
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