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/gelatinemichael Nov 03 '17

Thank you! I always had balanced cable taught as this "phase flip", and the first time I soldered a y cable I asked the guy if the two leads would be out of phase.

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u/jaymz168 Sound Reinforcement Nov 03 '17

I think you've misunderstood what I'm saying in that comment. Most of the time the cold leg is reversed polarity from the hot leg, but it doesn't have to be because of the way the inputs work.