Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

All that balancing really does is to cancel out any interference
picked up on the line - and to allow the use of cheap cable over long
distances. There's nothing intrinsically better with it - indeed it
could be said to degrade things *slightly* since by nature it needs
extra circuitry.

Yup. I was wondering both about noise pick up and whatever effects the
length might have.


Try your longer leads - if the pre-amp has a low output impedance
you'll probably be ok - but keep the leads clear of power cables etc
or at least make sure they cross at as near right angles as possible.

For a parallel run, say for 2 or 3 metres, how far apart would you say they
have to be for the signal to be unaffected?


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