Balanced vs RCA between amp/preamp
Why don’t i just plug all my gear into a very good balanced isolation power conditioner (with excellent CMR) and make my life easier fellas? A wise man once said, " Spend in the right places" Though .....someone mentioned he gets aways with fewer gain stages. But, i doubt all manufacturers make the same design decisions. |
@runwell Yes. We patented the use of a Circlotron output (which is direct-coupled and balanced) with a servo control to prevent DC Offsets from appearing at the output. The Circlotron is a push-pull circuit that allows for entirely symmetrical operation using a pair of tubes to drive the output. In our case we use 6SN7s for that task. A Circlotron circuit employs floating B+ power supplies and so can have one side grounded or in the case of balanced output, both sides floating with equal impedance to ground, while at the same time not using the ground for anything to do with the signal. In this way it allows a direct-coupled tube output to support the balanced standard, AES48. |
It is. A set of Jensen ISOMAX line transformers should do the job. They make one that has RCA inputs and XLR outs. https://www.jensen-transformers.com/home-theater/audiophile/ They make them to order too- so you can get RCA in and XLR out although you don't see that on their site. |
