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Balanced Lines in Audio Systems-Fact, Fiction, and Transformers

Authors: Whitlock, Bill

AES Convention 97 · Paper 3917 · November 1994

Abstract

This paper discusses the theoretical benefits of a balanced interconnection system as well as fundamental, but widely unrecognized, mechanisms that limit real-world performance. The venerable audio transformer enjoys several inherent advantages over the so-called active circuits touted to replace it in audio equipment. Today, as system dynamic-range capabilities steadily rise, these advantages are becoming ever more important.

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Published in
AES Convention 97
AES Convention
97
Paper number
3917
Publication date
November 6, 1994
Session subject
Grounding, Interconnections, and Electromagnetic Compatibility in Analog + Digital Processing Systems
Affiliation
Jensen Transformers, Inc., Van Nuys, CA, (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper

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