What does ‘balance preamp’ mean?


Always hear this and wonder what it means.  Is this a big deal?
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Showing 1 response by gregm

No, a real balanced circuit is one where the positive (+), the negative (-) have distinct circuits, and negative is distinct from earth.So there is a higher manufacturing cost. There is also noise cancellation -- i.e. any noise common in both circuits is cancelled out --  hence, balanced is used in professional audio applications which are noisy environments.
For home applications, some content that balanced sounds better, others that single ended does -- as usual.