tricka wrote: > Without meaning to hijack and, in a display of complete audio ignorance, > may I ask what you mean by "balanced out's"? Presumably a balanced L/R > analogue signal out? > And how does one go about achieving that with a transporter.
Balanced audio is not about stereo. It is about one channel. To do stereo, you need two balanced cables/outputs/inputs. Normal RCA/phono audio connectors have two signal paths, one down the center of the wired, and the other down the shielding. Phono plugs have a center connector and a outer shield. Balanced cables have three wires, one ground, one signal out, one signal in. The connectors are usually XLR which are big. The analogue signal goes out one wire, in the other at the same time. All relative to the ground. Balanced cables are vastly more immune to noise, as most noise will flow down both the in and out wires and be canceled out. The balanced circuitry on each end is more complicated and thus more expensive. All professional recording studio wiring is balanced. Very little consumer/audiophile wiring is balanced. Smart, talented and good looking audiophiles run balanced connectors from their Transporters to their amps. They do this by plugging a balanced wire into the provided jacks. Simple, n'est pas? -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
