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Re:A 1970s Teenager's Bedroom (1998) by jdietrich on Friday May 04, 2018 @07:56AM (#16993828)
>And RCA? What's wrong with balanced audio on an XLR?

There's nothing wrong with it, it's just totally unnecessary for line level signals over short cable runs in domestic environments. Balanced cabling doesn't sound any better, it just has better EMI rejection.

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Re:A 1970s Teenager's Bedroom (1998) by isostatic on Friday May 04, 2018 @08:02AM (#16993858)
Sure, and you never get EMI sources in a domestic environment, say mobile phones.

If you're building a system from scratch, you may as well use balanced audio, the driver costs under a fiver.

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Re:A 1970s Teenager's Bedroom (1998) by squeaky-clean on Friday May 04, 2018 @01:02PM (#16996144)
> Balanced cabling doesn't sound any better, it just has better EMI rejection.

Unfortunately for me, when you live downtown near a radio station that leaks into all your audio equipment, better EMI rejection definitely sounds better.

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