Balanced audio uses three conductors to carry the audio signal.
\nTwo of the conductors carry negative and positive signals (audio is an AC signal), and the third is used for grounding.
\nWith an unbalanced signal, there are only two conductors.
\nOne carries positive, the carries negative and is also used for ground.
\nThe advantage of a balanced signal is that because the ground is seperate from the negative conductor, there is less chance that radio frequency interferance will get into the audio signal.<\/p>\n
Generally, +4 db, balanced signal are the way to go for long cable runs.
\nThe high gain and isolated ground make for a cleaner, noise-free signal.
\nIf cable runs are shorter, there should be no problem with RF interferance or noise on unbalanced, -10 db signals.
\nIf you have RF problems in your studio, you probably have some kind of ground fault, and it’s a good idea to have it checked out by an electrician.
\nTypical studios have both +4 and -10 db gear, so the important thing there is to make sure gain stages match all the way through the signal chain.
\nThe biggest cause of noise and distortion in audio is mismatched gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[33566],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n