"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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A thread on another group suggested that these are the norm today. Not
being one who avidly reads the Hi-Fi press, is this so? The poster was
adamant it was the *only* way to feed 5.1 speakers etc that have internal
amps, as unbalanced would cause hum etc. This was from the US, though.

Can't say I've noticed balanced connections on domestic equipment. Are 5.1
speakers normally powered?, the only area where powered speakers seem to be
the norm are as computer speakers, and they never, IME, use balanced
interconnects.

David.