quasi-balanced signal

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Carlitoboy

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Hey all!

Here's another newbalishis question. My guitar amp has a 'line out' to connect directly to recording equipment - In my case, my 'line in' on my PC's sound card. My owner's manual for the amp states, "Using a stereo cord in this jack will provide a quasi-balanced signal. A mono cord will provide an unbalanced signal".

Quasi-balanced sounds like a good thing! ...I think.

What's the difference between the two signals? What are the reasons why someone needs to use one or the other? What does it mean to me and my sound card?

Cheers!
 
"Quasi-balanced" is the marketing term for "...would have been balanced but we cheaped out on the design because we can charge more for a 'quasi-balanced' piece of gear than the unbalanced gear it really is..."
 
Blue Bear jest's here.

Quasi Balanced quite possibly means that it is a ground compensated balanced connection. While these don't follow the strict rule of electronically balanced circuits, they also work quite well and are far cheaper to incorporate on budget gear.

Bruce might be surprised at how many i/o's in his studio use a similar design! ;)

Ed
 
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