Originally Posted by nopietns /img/forum/go_quote.gif Can anybody explain what's the advantage of using a "balanced" calbe for headphones if two of the 3 are still connected together? How does it work?
Did you do a search?
This question is being asked WAY to often imo.
Beside +20040556998855968837 posts on HeadFi on this subject, read the Headroom site, they give a good explanation.
Instead of one incoming wave, you get two with one inverted before sending and after receiving. Any interference in the cable is canceled by recombining the original, and twice-inverted signal.
Instead of one incoming wave, you get two with one inverted before sending and after receiving. Any interference in the cable is canceled by recombining the original, and twice-inverted signal.
Exactly. They are used in pro-audio because it's not uncommon to have an interconnect a few hundred feet long. That doesn't really happen often in the consumer world.
The OP wanted to know the point of a four-wire HP cable when it's terminated with a three-way TRS plug. Answer: no point, except it allows easy retermination.
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