Is balanced audio a meme?
I have a passive speaker system, that is connected to an amp with unbalanced wires. Am I stuck with peasant audio quality?
What amp do you have?
>>51976575
Denon 520
>>51976561
Unbalanced is just more susceptible to noise.
>>51976561
For line level applications or long distance transmission? No.
For moving power over a 10 ft cable from your amp to your speaker? Yes.
>>51976561
Anon is right
Balanced cables for amp to speaker doesn't make much sense
>>51976561
My understanding you have more signal on unbalanced then on balanced. Be weary of power cables and sources around the cable when laying or mounting.
>>51976561
balanced = stereo
unbalanced = mono
you guys are jokes.
>>51977465
No. Balanced = mono that takes 3 wires. It adds noise cancellation.
>>51977400
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>>51977450
Thanks anon. Yes, it is 10ft cable. It now seems that balanced only makes sense for very low power, like connecting mics, or 'line out' to active speakers. Noise is too weak to affect strong signal from amp to speakers.
>>51977503
and that's pretty much it yes
in your case anyways
>>51977503
balanced is for amp inputs from dacs not outputs to passive speakers
>>51977528
You can use it for passive speakers, but then you have to put a balun in front of it, which is just more distortion. Audiophools do this to feed their confirmation bias.
It makes sense if you're doing distribution for a store or restaurant.
>>51977769
pa speakers are normally powered for that reason.
