Gentlemen / Ladies,
This may not be the precise forum to ask the question, BUT I'd like to get the audio critic's view on the topic.
We've always been able to buy components that can be interconnected in a "balanced" fashion. From a technical perspective perhaps the benefit is slightly better dynamic range.
However, if your love is phono, although most cartridges are actually designed and "wired out" balanced, they are then connected to the tone arm wiring in an unbalanced manner. Same with most tape heads in a analog tape recorder.
So for the "balanced" advocates, you can't achieve a "truly" or "fully" balanced system.
My question is - why is this?
THANKS
Charles
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Topic - Unbalanced vs Balanced as applied to the "front end" of an analog system - stellavox 04:41:11 01/12/12 (12)
- RE: Sure you can! - Ralph 11:43:40 01/17/12 (0)
- RE: Unbalanced vs Balanced as applied to the "front end" of an analog system - Trouser Trout 11:07:10 01/17/12 (0)
- Good question! - rick_m 21:32:31 01/16/12 (1)
- RE: Good question! - b.l.zeebub 11:24:59 01/17/12 (0)
- The primary advantage of balanced... - mkuller 10:51:36 01/15/12 (4)
- RE: The primary advantage of balanced... - ahendler 13:03:26 01/16/12 (3)
- RE: The primary advantage of balanced... - Ralph 12:56:02 02/2/12 (0)
- RE: The primary advantage of balanced... - b.l.zeebub 11:24:23 01/18/12 (0)
- RE: Unless the phonograph stage is designed for balanced - amioutaline? 16:51:44 01/17/12 (0)
- A predisposition favoring less active circuitry - c1ferrari 19:21:01 01/14/12 (2)
- RE: A predisposition favoring less active circuitry - stellavox 04:45:38 01/18/12 (1)
- RE: A predisposition favoring less active circuitry - c1ferrari 17:52:52 01/19/12 (0)