Mcintosh C220 balanced out


I saw a review saying that the C220 is not a fully balanced, differential preamp., so the balanced out is there for convenience only. Anyone knows whether the statement is correct or not.
alleung
The majority of McIntosh equioment (including my 2102 amp) are, I believe unbalanced and there is an extra circuit added for the convenience of balanced.

Many quite recent models of McIntosh gear have an odd looking output that has a 'balanced' label that have no correlation to othere equipment's definition of balanced.
Yes it is correct. For a fully balanced McIntosh preamp, look at the C100, C200 or C1000 instead.

Arthur
Thanks everyone for the quick response. I hope Mcintosh will come out with a balanced tube pre soon, a c1000 junior will be nice.