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Unbalanced vs Balanced as applied to the "front end" of an analog system

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)

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