The chunky silver plugs clinked together as he gave his two-word answer before going back to patching in the console: “Balanced audio.” I didn’t really know what balanced audio was back then ...
Dubbed the “pin 1 problem” (pin 1 is shield in XLR connectors) by Neil Muncy, common-impedance coupling has been inadvertently designed into a surprising number of products with balanced interfaces.
This new balanced connection enables the turntable to leverage Pro-Ject’s True Balanced technology, which protects the audio signal against distortion and unwanted noise and, ultimately, should help ...