[sdiy] Request brain dump on balanced lines

[Ingo Debus]

Tim Ressel wrote:
> As far as I/F circuits go, transformers
> sound better, but active is cheaper.

I understand that expensive transformers sound better than cheap ones, 
but why do transformers in general sound better than active balancing 
circuits? Are there any problems with active balancing circuits, or is 
it just some "pleasant" distortion added by the transformers, even by 
the expensive ones?

Ingo