Patrick Dixon wrote:
But isn't the point of balanced to drive long cable lengths? Unbalanced
is just fine for normal 0.8m stuff.
The point of balanced is to be immune to noise, or at least noise that
hits both strands of the signal
carrying wire.
Many audiophiles like monoblock amps because they can put the amps near
the speakers, and so they run longish interconnects from the preamp to
the amps, and short speaker cables. They are way longer than a meter or two.
Plus a lot of the justification for $1000 interconnects goes away if it
was balanced. Granted, doing an all balanced design for the preamp and
amp (and DAC, etc.) would add costs, and the XLR connectors are more
expensive than RCA plugs. But if you could cut down the rationale for
using mega dollar interconnects, couldn't you afford a little more for
the connectors?
A great Neutrik costs as much as $5 for the plug, and the jack might be
as expensive as $10.
> Pro audio and domestic hi-fi are
> just not the same thing!
Agreed, but the music that is being reproduced is recorded by pro audio
folks. I'm boggled that audiophiles are so illinformed about what the
state of the art is in recording studios.
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