"keithr" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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No harm was done by the wire, so nothing needs to be
done to fix it.

In that case why were you arguing in a previous thread
that balanced lines were superior to unbalanced ones in
normal home ( 2m) interconnects.

That discussion was about interface circuitry, not cable. One of the goals
of using balanced I/O is to remove the characteristics of the interconnect
as far as is reasonably possible.

BTW I recently had a situation where the line receiver circuitry in a piece
of equipment failed, and the interface became unbalanced. Signal passed
regardless because one side was still passing signal well. But there was no
cancellation of noise. Dynamic range was basically so poor as to be
unusable. When replaced with a correctly-operating line receiver, all was
well. The cable length that caused excess noise when unbalanced was 3 feet.
The cable length that was quiet when balanced operation was restored ranged
from 3 feet to 150 feet.