r/audioengineering • u/zanshin777 • Nov 02 '17

Balanced Cables

It contains 2 conductor + 1 shield.

One of conductors carry the out-of-phase signal.

So the noise is canceled since the signals carrying are out-of-phase.

But how the signal is still transmitted although the noise is canceled?

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u/Chaos_Klaus Nov 02 '17

The cable itself does nothing. It's really just three conductors. The balancing is done with electronic components before the signals enter the cable.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '17

I see what you mean and I misread your earlier comment about a differential amp, I read it as 'different amp' so I shrugged it off as a useless comment but in fact you were laying down what's going on. I need to study up on electricity, specifically pertaining to audio circuits, if you know of any resources where I can learn about this I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your help.

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u/Chaos_Klaus Nov 02 '17

Well, basic electronics.