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What phono preamps are balanced

Since I am looking for a phono preamp with balanced circuitry and outputs, I would like to know what are my choices. I know of these: pass xono, ear 324, aesthetix rhea and io, bat vk 10, hagerman trumpet,........................................................................................................ but am not sure of the others like: manley steelhead, arc ref., tom evans groove, asr basis, acoustech ph1p, linn linto, cary 301 or 302, clear audio, herron vtph-1, art audio, whest p.20, zyx, artemis, ayre, clearaudio reference, rowland cadence, klyne, etc etc.Thanks for the help. Pedrillo  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 05-25-06

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 05-26-06   Think you can make safe assumptions based on price and copnf ...   Chazzbo 05-26-06   Among those i know -- asr, klyne, clearaudio, rowland are. b ...   Gregm 05-26-06   The audio research ph-2 is balanced in and out only. i own o ...   Elizabeth 05-25-06   Einstein makes a superb balanced phono preamp. i have the s ...   Jbm 05-26-06   The ps audio gcph is also balanced,   Stltrains 05-31-06   I don't believe any of the unsure ones you mentioned are bal ...   Hagtech 02-07-07   aqvox makes a very nice balanced phono preamp. see the rev ...   cport@ 02-08-07   I would suggest the aesthetix io. it is balanced and sounds ...   Audioquest4life 02-08-07   Dear pedrillo: the essential 3150. regards and enjoy the mu ...   Rauliruegas 02-10-07   I am running the gcph balanced out to either a gcc-100 or at ...   Emailists 02-11-07   Ayre p-5xe   Tom_hankins 02-11-07   Are you concerned with balanced input from your cartridge or ...   Pryso 02-11-07   Clearaudio balanced reference phono (dual mono) stage has bo ...   Nilthepill 02-12-07   Just thought you might be interested in some history: we in ...   Atmasphere 02-13-07   How does a balanced phono input work? don't you need sum an ...   Jjfox 02-13-07   It is my limited understanding (correct me, someone if i'm w ...   Hdm 02-14-07   Which phono preamps have balanced in?   Pedrillo 02-15-07   Hdm, you got it spot on. in fact almost all cartridges are b ...   Atmasphere 03-01-07   What dop you wan to spend?and you can get xlr terminated pho ...   Chazzbo 03-02-07   Pedrillo asked, "which phono preamps have balanced in?& ...   Patrickamory 10-25-09   Here is a list of all the balanced phono stages which have b ...   Pedrillo 10-25-09   And here is a list of line stages with true balanced circuit ...   Pedrillo 10-25-09   Asr basis exclusive , balanced in and out. the latest versi ...   Fm540i 10-26-09   Arc ref 2 phono does not have balanced phono inputs, only ou ...   Scousepasty 10-26-09   Pedrillo et al, i am fairly certain that the aesthetix rhea ...   Lewm 10-26-09   I think i misspoke. after further investigation it seems the ...   Lewm 10-26-09   I just checked the rhea, ps audio, and bat's vk-p5, they all ...   Pedrillo 10-26-09   Bat is balanced. i don't know who said it wasn't. afaik all ...   Lewm 10-26-09   Arc ref 2 is fully balanced input to output it just has rca ...   Tdaudio 10-26-09   Thanks td. i thought that xlr's weren't neccessary in order ...   Pedrillo 10-26-09   The vtl tp-6.5 has single ended inputs and balanced outputs. ...   Eddiesudz 10-27-09: Lewm Pedrillo, Most likely the 5th lead from the Graham 2.2 is just to ground the tonearm body to the preamp chassis. It's a toss-up whether you would even need to connect it. With my RS-A1 tonearm, I had hum until I ran a ground wire from the body to a screw on the chassis of my preamp. With the Triplanar, the accessory ground wire just waves in the breeze, and I have no hum. So, if you have hum, find a way to attach that wire to your phono stage chassis. I now re-read your post and see that you are using the word "pin". Sorry, but it's the same deal. I guess you are looking at the 5th pin on the DIN plug. This is the pin that is sort of at the apex of the formation of 5 pins. That too, is for grouding the tonearm body via the connecting cable. The connecting cable may or may not have a free wire that is not within the shield or terminated with a connector. That's your ground wire. Alternatively the 5th pin may be connecting internally to the shield of your balanced cable connection. The shield will convey the tonearm ground to your phono stage. Lewm  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 10-27-09   Pedrillo, i ran my graham in balanced mode. pin 3 of the ton ...   Atmasphere 03-21-10   Hagerman trumpet too is balanced.   Pedrillo 03-21-10   Here is a list of all the balanced phono stages which have b ...   Pedrillo 03-21-10   Which of these would come on top? within a certain price poi ...   Pedrillo 03-22-10   Sonas veritas venice - kevin carter of k&k audio's latest ef ...   John_tracy 03-23-10   Boulder 2008 & 1008 both are balanced in and out. i have lis ...   Hevac1 03-23-10   You have the bat vk-p10, but the vk-p5 is also balanced.   Raylinds 03-23-10   Here is a list of all the balanced phono stages which have b ...   Pedrillo 03-24-10   Wavestream phono and preamp tube products.   Gerrym5 04-03-10   I have an rcm sonsor prelude. i don't use the balanced outpu ...   Davidsss 04-06-10   Davidsss, most tonearms are balanced sources; iow you do **n ...   Atmasphere 04-06-10   Tdaudio wrote, "arc ref 2 is fully balanced input to ou ...   Scousepasty 04-11-10   New ones keep appearing hence the new list. here is a list o ...   Pedrillo 04-12-10   I own both an arc ref 2 phono stage and a clearaudio balance ...   Scousepasty

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