>> The cheapest analog hardware method to convert from balanced to
>> unbalanced requires two conditions: 1) the balanced output must
>> come from a transformer (coil of wire on a ferrous core); _AND_
>> 2) you are willing to sacrifice a little noise floor in exchange
>> for economy.  That solution is to just ground one of the balanced
>> wires and use the other as signal.
> I know that this is the common way, but why would I do it that way if
> there IMHO is a better one? As I had explained in my initial message,
> there is noise which can be cancelled by using the line in as a
> fake-balanced.
> Btw, that noise is actually from the on-board wiring - it's there even
> if nothing is connected to line input. And with the fake balanced, it is
> cancelled, so I guess that Asrock have placed the wires for the left and
> right channels in close proximity to each other on the mainboard,
> allowing to use the advantages of fake-balanced signalling even there.

Why not buy a better sound card? Kludging stuff to cancel out design
incompetence will almost always come back to bite you.



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