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In Reply to: In case you weren't aware posted by Ralph on December 17, 2024 at 08:57:22:
Sorry I didn't see that. Was working on the phone.
Al Sekela used to rave about your amps but sadly I missed them when I finally got around to hearing his system.
So great to be talking to a manufacturer. Can you guys make this balanced stuff simple? You all are all over the map! Should be straight forward. But as far as I can tell there is balanced connections between components, balanced circuits, and balanced headphone outs. Too busy listening to music to find different words??
You are saying that balanced outs from a headphone amp is best (correct me if I got that wrong), and one of my headphone amps manual says "The TRS out is provided for TRS terminated headphones, but it is recommended to use the amp in fully balanced mode with balanced terminated headphones".
But Paul from PS audio says that its not important to have the headphone be balanced but it is important to have the source be balanced. And Pass labs makes a great headphone amp that doesn't even have a balanced out. And Benchmark has a white paper about how headphones are balanced by nature and you don't need balanced outs, but then puts a balanced connector on their amps.
And now you are saying that the Manley amp with only rca ins could be used as a balanced pre. That is sooo confusing because I thought balanced needed 3 conductors and single ended just has two. But you do mention a box right? Is that some kind of phase splitter or something?
Anyhow I am even more confused after reading your site. You argue for balanced connections between gear and conclude it sounds better than single ended but somehow its not a miss that the Manley doesn't have balanced ins?
Lawyers are kind of jealous...
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Follow Ups
- Yep I missed the M - Dawnrazor 13:32:03 12/30/24 (11)
- Balanced confusion in high end audio - Ralph 13:05:27 12/31/24 (10)
- Does XLR 4 pin provide better electrical contact than a 1/4" "locking" style plug ? - peppy m. 04:39:48 01/01/25 (4)
- Not really. The reason for 4-wires is better sound - Ralph 12:40:30 01/02/25 (3)
- I listen through 6 wires... - peppy m. 17:34:26 01/02/25 (2)
- If you're using dual stereo tip ring sleeve - Ralph 08:38:30 01/03/25 (1)
- Yeah, I guess that's right... - peppy m. 12:30:03 01/03/25 (0)
- RE: Balanced confusion in high end audio - Dawnrazor 14:36:00 12/31/24 (4)
- Pro Audio - Ralph 12:22:12 01/02/25 (0)
- RE: Balanced confusion in high end audio - MaggiesAndCats 20:22:27 12/31/24 (2)
- RE: Balanced confusion in high end audio - Dawnrazor 11:51:16 01/01/25 (1)
- RE: Balanced confusion in high end audio - MaggiesAndCats 13:03:50 01/01/25 (0)
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