[sdiy] Request brain dump on balanced lines

[Tim Ressel]

Ingo,

This topic tends to cause a storm of emails, but since
I have a water-cooled delete key, we will risk it.

The best explanation I have heard is this: all
semiconductor amplifiers add 3rd harmonic distortion,
which is unplesant to the ear. Transformers tend to
add 2nd harmonic distortion (as do tube amps), and 2nd
harmonic distortion is pleasant to the ear. 

There are as many opinions on this as there are
people, but this explanation makes sense to me. I can
tell you that when listening to horn speakers, which
reproduce sounds very well, tube amps sound WAY better
than transistor amps.

I hope that helps.

--TR (ducking behind a wall)


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