Mike Hanson
Trying to understand...
I'm building another amp for a friend, and he's requested that I add XLR inputs. I've explained that it's a short run from his pre-amp to the power-amp that I'm building, negating the benefit of balanced for long runs. He countered that he noticed his pre-amp's balanced inputs sound better than the unbalanced, so he's assuming that its balanced output is better too. So here we go!
I have one option on hand: a Neurochrome Universal Buffer with their associated Preamp Power Supply. This is an acceptable solution, but rather expensive and probably overkill.
Any other suggestions for possible approaches that are cheaper and sonically invisible? If it's active, then I need to provide the necessary power supply. This amp has both 70VDC and 60VDC rails for the amps themselves, so I could potentially make use of that.
I have one option on hand: a Neurochrome Universal Buffer with their associated Preamp Power Supply. This is an acceptable solution, but rather expensive and probably overkill.
Any other suggestions for possible approaches that are cheaper and sonically invisible? If it's active, then I need to provide the necessary power supply. This amp has both 70VDC and 60VDC rails for the amps themselves, so I could potentially make use of that.