Armaegis
Modern Modder Man of Manitoba
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In the headphone world, "balanced" is very different from the definition in the pro audio world. It's frankly really dumb and only promotes confusion of the term. With headphones, balanced essentially means four conductors instead of three so that the headphone can be used with an amp that has a non-shared ground between the left and right channels. Originally the term may have been used properly, but it's been dumbed down since then.
In the correct usage, it has to do with the hot and cold having equal impedances relative to ground. The signal is differential, not necessarily inverted (though typically is). Ugh not explaining well. It's 5am and I'm way too tired. I'll let someone else step in.
In the correct usage, it has to do with the hot and cold having equal impedances relative to ground. The signal is differential, not necessarily inverted (though typically is). Ugh not explaining well. It's 5am and I'm way too tired. I'll let someone else step in.