On 09/22/2010 01:56 AM, Nonreality wrote: > Thanks Pat, that at least gives me a visual on the whole idea. So you > need to have special input and outputs to use those correct? Also > probably a pretty high end system to hear a difference.
You can get adapters from balanced to un and back, but I don't see much value for them except in special cases. You start to see XLR connections on amps that cost a grand or so, on up. Balanced are much better at eliminating several classes of noise, but that only makes them "better" if you have noise sources. The balanced cables can go hundreds of feet, whereas unbalanced are usually under 3 feet long, and get pretty wonky after 10 feet or so. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
