In article , Arny Krueger
wrote:
Short cable runs especially at line levels really don't need balancing,

Really? You ought to try to measure the dynamic range of a CD player
using a completely unbalanced connection. Sometimes it works, but often
the best possible results are only obtained by using a balanced input
cable on the test equipment.

You'll need to run that by me again. I really can't see how the type of
connection can have any influence on dynamic range - it's just a bit of
wire. Unless you mean your test equipment isn't designed for unbalanced
operation - or you're in such a hostile environment it's picking up
interference.

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