General Asylum: RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? by gme109

General Asylum: RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? by gme109

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RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ?

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In Reply to: RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? posted by AbeCollins on June 2, 2012 at 10:35:37:

My setup couldn't be simpler. I'm running 1M IC out of my tube Ayon cd player, directly into the Channel Islands D200 MkII's monoblocks.
I'm not sure if the cd player or amps are truly differentially balanced or not, I have a hunch not, especially the cd player, as the distributor strongly recommended using RCA IC for the best sound. Hoping to find an identical 1M length of RCA to hear for myself.

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Topic - Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? - gme109 22:32:32 06/1/12 ( 17)

RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? - nairb 03:29:52 06/3/12 ( 0)
RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? - Bromo33333 16:26:04 06/2/12 ( 0)
RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? - SgreenP@MSN.com 15:53:01 06/2/12 ( 1)
- I agree. Going fully balanced, with true balanced gear, can sound great. - Raiderman 09:58:20 06/7/12 ( 0)
Better question: Is balanced gear better than unbalanced gear? - JerryS 13:29:22 06/2/12 ( 1)
- It is true 'balanced' became an audiophile 'catch phrase' a while back.. then all sorts of stuff 'got them'. - Elizabeth 13:43:04 06/2/12 ( 0)
Balanced vs Unbalanced: ? for experts: when op-amp bal goes to aa pseudo bal in, is the negative just dumped? - Elizabeth 12:45:03 06/2/12 ( 0)
Unbalanced sounds better with my preamp - Jay Buridan 12:35:52 06/2/12 ( 0)
I agree. - Justlisten2 10:58:08 06/2/12 ( 0)
RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? - AbeCollins 10:35:37 06/2/12 ( 1)
- RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? - gme109 06/2/12 11:11:31 06/2/12 ( 0)
RE: Balanced XLR vs Unbalanced RCA. What's your preference ? - tamule 05:53:12 06/2/12 ( 0)
Pretty much agree with your comments. - Elizabeth 01:26:11 06/2/12 ( 4)
- RE: Pretty much agree with your comments. - rick_m 09:55:49 06/2/12 ( 3)
  - In a 'pseudo' balanced output, the negative leg is 'created' by a single op-amp device - Elizabeth 10:24:35 06/2/12 ( 2)
    - RE: In a 'pseudo' balanced output, the negative leg is 'created' by a single op-amp device - rick_m 14:35:29 06/2/12 ( 0)
    - It doesn't have to be an opamp. - b.l.zeebub 11:48:33 06/2/12 ( 0)