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Balanced Inputs and Outputs
Curious to know if anyone knows (not opinion) why CJ has never used balanced inputs and outputs. No intention to start a flame war! Peace be upon us.
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"Going balanced is a solution looking for a problem. The problem doesn’t exist in home audio, but it’s very real for medical equipment or in the recording studio. Balanced just complicates the design, and we adamantly don’t believe in complications.” If a preamp is fully balanced from input to output, it necessarily has more parts: twice the parts in the signal path. “There is no such thing as a part that has no sound.” Part of their design philosophy. - Buck
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.. not convinced...
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"It just sounds right" And so it does for me... tubes and simple circuits with quality parts, hand assembled and tested.
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If you want an engineering answer maybe you should ask an engineer.
The response was a simplification for the intended audience. I think it was fair enough in the context of an owners forum. Conrad Johnson's philosophy is fewer parts but better parts and KISS. According to my dealer ( who has made his own amps) all the CJ circuits are about as minimalist as you can make them. At a high level that makes enough sense for 90% of owners. Ultimately its how the component sounds that is important. The use of teflon caps would have to be another issue. Have you seen the size of them. Twice the parts would mean a much bigger case. Audio Research have balanced models. I wonder why they don't use Teflon caps. End of the day its a design choice by CJ. You want CJ thats what you get. |
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Although I prefer fully balanced components, I have very high regard for CJ gear. A friend of mine has one of their preamps and it has only one 6922 tube. Sounds great. I do wish they did produce fully balanced gear, though.
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- Buck
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I tested a while back when I had the prem16 with 1m and 6m IC. No difference in sound. |
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