what's gonna happen if I use a balanced cable

What's the point of balanced cable if the connectors are 3.5 mm (aka ...

Now, as @Polygonhell points out, if you try to plug a SE connector into a balanced jack, you will short out the amp - meaning you will connect ...

Using unbalanced cables with balanced equipment

Unbalanced gear can be sonically superb. OTOH, if you already have balanced gear, you should connect it properly. Inputs can generally be ...

Newbie questions regarding balanced vs. unbalanced cable

Balanced cabling is most beneficial when the signal is at a very low level, like a microphone output for example.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Audio Gear: Everything You Need to Know

The idea that balanced audio is better than single-ended audio is a myth. The term "balanced" can refer to cables, signal path, and circuitry of amps.

Do amps convert unbalanced XLR signals to balanced?

I have a pair of RCA to XLR adapter cables. If the XLR inputs of my XPA-1 power amps have their own phase-splitters (and it would seem that they ...

using XLR balanced cables - do they have to be grounded at both ...

The shield is what will be connected to ground. The number of wires has nothing to do with the plug/socket format. Strictly speaking balanced ...

Mixing unbalanced and balanced, isn't that asking for trouble?

Alternatively, one can use an active level converter, which convert an unbalanced signal to a balanced and a balanced signal to an unbalanced ...

Balanced vs Unbalanced Cables - Home Music Studio 1

If your connections both in an out are balanced, always try to use a balanced cable. The result will be less chance for interface from outside sources causing ...

Balanced vs unbalanced cables. - AudioKarma

A "truly balanced" signal will use op amps to invert the signal into two out-of-phase signals on two different wires, then invert one of the ...

Is there a downside to using a balanced cable for preamp > power ...

The downside is that it will do no good. Balanced cables require a balanced signal/ jacks, which, to my knowledge, no guitar preamps or power amps use.

Unbalanced output to balanced inputs - Pro Audio Forums

When it comes to outputs, you should not, in general, use a TS cable to connect a balanced output to an unbalanced input. This is because the - ...

Does Balanced Audio Sound Better? | In this video, you'll learn how ...

If there's an identical voltage on each wire, they will cancel out in the differential device. This is an example of a common-mode signal, which ...

Does equal cable length matter regarding speakers?

You will get the best sound quality when you have exactly the same impedance for each of your speaker cable runs. So your speaker cables should ...

Balanced cable to unbalanced input - Acoustic Guitar Forum

Then plug the converted unbalanced signal from the transformer into the Baggs. You will retain the signal strength, S/N ratio and noise ...

What's the benefit of balanced tonearm cables? - Audiogon Forums

Usually these manifest as intermodulations (colorations) rather than actual hiss or buzz. (If an RCA is used as a balanced connection, which is ...

Does connecting a balanced cable to a non balanced one (say 2.5 ...

Where you run into trouble with balanced/non-balanced adapters is if you connect a single-ended headphone through an adapter to a balanced amp.

Can i use TRS cable for mono signal? - Engine DJ Community

Anything else carrying a low-level audio signal will benefit from using a TSR/balanced cable to prevent outside interference, especially over ...

Headphones & Amps: Balanced vs Unbalanced - Page 2

My balanced cable throws all of this careful tuning off: the dynamics get out of control and painful, while the narrowing of the notes weakens ...

Balanced instrument cables? - Alembic Club

It's way cool. The bad part about balanced connections are that they are a lot more expensive - it will take twice as many conductors in the ...

Topic: Fireface UC, should i use balanced cables? - RME Forum

Balanced connections are more resistant against noise and run on (higher) studio levels supporting longer cables. So it's a little louder and ...