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Jim H wrote:
By my understanding pros use quite ordinary quality XLR cable, because
by design it is almost immune to noise.

There's no such thing as XLR cable - an XLR is the connector. And the
cable used with these is balanced twin screened. It also comes in several
different flavours. ;-)

I wonder why XLR hasn't filtered down to the mass market? It couldn't be
because they do quite well selling us overdesigned phono cable!

Creating balanced inputs and outputs costs - and introduces extra
electronics since possibly most domestic gear is unbalanced internally.
And XLR connectors are really designed for heavy duty use - domestic
equipment doesn't normally get unplugged each time it's used.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
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