Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] multichannel and spazialization
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Thu Mar 28 2002 - 20:56:51 EET
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 12:45:03PM +0100, J?rn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> unbalanced: one wire carries the signal, one is ground (plus an
> additional screening wire mesh probably).
> balanced: one wire carries an in-phase signal, one carries the
> out-of-phase signal, one is ground (plus screening)
One quibble: the ground wire and the screening mesh are one and the
same in every cable I've looked at, both unbalanced and balanced.
So an unbalanced cable has a single conductor, surrounded by insulation,
surrounded by ground conductor (either a braided mesh or a foil wrap).
Balanced is built the same way, except there are two insulated
conductors in the middle.
Exception: I think some "snake" cables have ground shields for each individual
balanced pair, and an additional shield wrapped around the whole thing.
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