Is an unbalanced preamp a bad thing?


A preamp that I am using doesn't have XLR connections. I have a balanced amplifier and a balanced streamer.  
 

Is there a disadvantage in not having a balanced preamplifier? Does it really matter?

 

emergingsoul

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@facten

i take this poster’s comments with large, very large grains o’ salt

either a very dull pencil, or a professional chain jerker... (or both)...

@ghdprentice

Achieving really high end audio is a journey of love, the solution clouded with ambiguity. There is ambiguity at every turn. Your preferences are different than every one else’s, yours will change over time. Every series of components sound different if you change one piece. It goes on and on.

I have been fascinated with high end audio for fifty years… learning more and more every year. I love complex, unstructured problems… this is a perfect pursuit for me.

But for most folks it is an expensive lot of nonsense. For some one of the most rewarding pursuits possible.

well said, very well said indeed

Is an unbalanced preamp a bad thing?

its terrible, safety hazard! have fire extinguisher and nomex suit ready....