There seems to be some confusion regarding amplifiers labelled as having Balanced outputs. Here is an overview for you: 1. Balanced and unbalanced signal transmission ‘Balanced’ is a term used for transmission of a signal between units (such as a CD player and a preamplifier for example)...

I would like to start a thread in another section, but the opening post is about 900 words, and no way to reduce it. Is there a word-limit, or will a 900 word post go through OK? Thanks, L

If you could design your own amp, how would you want it to look? Would you give it the thick alloy front panel of a Jeff Rowland preamp? Or maybe the lush exposed vacuum tube look of a Wavac power amp? Or something completely different?