Is there any advantage to unbalanced connections?

10th July 2006

#31

joelpatterson

Gear Guru

2 Reviews written

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson

... balanced at least seems more idiot-proof.

But I have known idiots who could give "idiot-proof" quite a run for the money.

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15th July 2006

#32

ofsaints

Gear Maniac

Quote:

Originally Posted by aussie_techie

i can tell you from use that it is balanced and from seeing the inside it has large output transformers

Couldn't it still have an unbalanced input? I'd like to know if anybody has opened up a red eq and checked if all three pins are wired.

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15th July 2006

#33

aussie_techie

Lives for gear

Quote:

Originally Posted by ofsaints

Couldn't it still have an unbalanced input? I'd like to know if anybody has opened up a red eq and checked if all three pins are wired.

i think that was the blue mastering range actually. dont know if it was balanced or unbalanced but i remember reading something about them not using input transformers to maintain sonic purity.
since focusrite changed their website i dont know where to find on it. they seemed to of scraped the few good articals on the site aswell.
mabey someone else knows more about the old focusrite stuff

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