Thanks so much, Al.
Here's what prompted my question: I've been looking into the Odyssey Audio amps, and read the following in a 6moons.com review of the Kismet monoblocks: "On the input side of the amp, the Kismets come fitted with XLR receptacles although these are provided as a convenience for those with balanced line-level cabling. The amp is not a differential design. Internally Gronebergs Quattro Reference New Generation cabling connects the line-level inputs to the first stage of the amplifier."
As I'm nobody's electrical engineer -- my knowledge of such things is quite sketchy, in fact -- I wasn't sure what exactly to make of this statement. And it got me to thinking, and wondering about balanced connections more generally. I appreciate your answer -- and the link.
-- Howard
Here's what prompted my question: I've been looking into the Odyssey Audio amps, and read the following in a 6moons.com review of the Kismet monoblocks: "On the input side of the amp, the Kismets come fitted with XLR receptacles although these are provided as a convenience for those with balanced line-level cabling. The amp is not a differential design. Internally Gronebergs Quattro Reference New Generation cabling connects the line-level inputs to the first stage of the amplifier."
As I'm nobody's electrical engineer -- my knowledge of such things is quite sketchy, in fact -- I wasn't sure what exactly to make of this statement. And it got me to thinking, and wondering about balanced connections more generally. I appreciate your answer -- and the link.
-- Howard