Sony SCD-1 balanced or unbalanced?

hello which sounds better unbalanced or balanced? Also could use some preamp recommendations probably tubes for the Sony SCD-1 source.

mejames10-02-2001 8:31am

ed_sawyer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 588 posts 10-03-2001 at 06:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Correct, it's not a truly balanced design, like the earlier Xa7ES was. Hence the reason both sound the same (Bal. vs. unbal.) is that they are the same, derived via a chip (IC) that creates the inverted signal for the balanced connector. There are a multitude of benefits, other than noise rejection, for components with a truly balanced signal path. Several companies design with this in mind, BAT being one of them. FWIW, -Ed