------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71190 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Are you using the Transporters BALANCED outputs to make connection to your amp? - Yes - No ------------------------------------------------------------------------
cliveb;483415 Wrote: > Since my active monitors have balanced inputs, it's no-brainer to use > the TP's balanced outputs. > > But even in cases where the signal starts out unbalanced, my experience > has been that converting to balanced gives an improvement in > instrumental timbre and a sense of "solidity" to the sound. This all > seems counter-intuitive: how can adding extra circuitry possibly do > anything but degrade the signal? > > I'm no electronic engineer, but I wonder if it may have something to do > with separating the ground from the signal. Balanced interconnects don't > maintain a connection between the grounds of the devices. Perhaps this > eliminates "micro-ground loops"? cliveb, one thing I have learned in all the years I have been at this hobby is that nothing is ever counter-intuitive when it comes to how we each process the sound that we hear. -- Pneumonic Main: Transporter Squeezebox 3 > Metric Halo ULN2 .................... > Sonic Frontiers Ultra Jitterbug > Roksan DAC/PS Modwright Sony SCD 777ES Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 Preamp Quicksilver Silver 90 Mono Power amps Martin Logan CLS IIa Speakers Office: Squeezebox 3 > Lite Audio DAC60 Muse Model One Preamp Quicksilver 8417 Mono Power amps Vandersteen 2Ci Speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pneumonic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71190 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
