are balanced and shielded auido cables same thing

[johnbhoy]

Hello

as the topic suggests are balanced audio cables and shielded audio cables the same thing or are they different. I need balanced cables to elimante ground loop noise and just wondered if they are the same or not.

cheers

 

[KineticSound]

No. Shielding is the "wrap" to the cable itself, which can shield against electromagnetic interference. "Balanced" refers to the audio actually being split into positive/negative signals, thus the different connector (hot/cold/ground) vs the standard connector on unbalanced cables.

There's a little more detailed explanation here:

http://www.dplay.com/dv/balance/balance.html

 

[johnbhoy]

thanks mate. Have book marked that to read tommorow. Few too many wines down at the moment.


thanks.