wireless200;280752 Wrote: > The way I understand it, in the TP after the D/A is peformed the signal > is in a combined state (unseparated) and to get it to balanced, it has > to go through another set of circuitry to separate the signals into > balanced componenets for the XLR output. Whereas the RCA output does > not go through the additional circuitry. And at the other end (e.g., > my Krell) it has to go through the reverse process to recombine the > signal. > > In other words keeping the signal on the unblanced RCA path results in > a circuit path with fewer components. Thoughts? > > regards, David That's the way a lot of balanced sources work, and so you might expect the unbalanced route to be "purer". But in spite of that, balanced transmission seems to have audible benefits that outweigh any disadvantages that stem from the conversion steps. There's been a lot of debate around here and as far as I can tell we haven't come to a consensus. (FWIW, I personally think it's probably more to do with improved grounding rather than the common mode noise rejection).
That said, it is my understanding that the DAC in the TP is in fact a genuinely balanced design, and that the XLR feeds on the TP are the "purer" route. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44906 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
