What does this mean?

"Interconnect 1.5 meter Balanced RCA" - I thought only XLR or phone connections could be balanced? What am I missing here? Can someone explain?

ivanj05-16-2002 1:27pm

rives Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 953 posts 05-17-2002 at 12:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Rwwear has it right. Audioquest could be the culprit of the confusion (no offense to AQ--I do like their cables), but they did a long line of "triple balanced, RCA or XLR connections" they also had a previous line of "double balanced" Then they changed to calling them "X3" version rather than triple balanced, probably due to this confusion. The balanced aspect referred to the wire. But as stated to get true balanced functionality you need the XLR connection.
bob_bundus Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,834 posts 05-17-2002 at 10:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete well almost right--- shields are terminated at the signal-originating end only to prevent ground loops. If terminated at both ends the shielding effect is degraded significantly.
rwwear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,867 posts 05-18-2002 at 03:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Not True. If you are not going to terminate the sheild at both ends you shouldn't terminate it at either in an unbalanced system. This doesn't mean that you will automatically have RF problems if you do not comply with this rule, but you can.