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iWalkingCorpse
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Mar 15, 2018
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I've just got my first set of balanced IEMs (FiiO FH1). I'm going to try and do a subjective test on all my 3.5mm enabled hardware to see the difference vs my usual IEMs. Any tips from the community?
Mar 15, 2018
Napostrophe
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iWalkingCorpseI'm not quite sure you understand what "balanced" means. Are you referring to a balanced signal (which those IEMS don't take) or the fact that they have balanced armature drivers?
Mar 15, 2018
iWalkingCorpse
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Mar 15, 2018
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NapostropheBoth (these IEMs have a balanced cable with 2.5mm jack, as well as balanced armatures), although I didn't think to check if I had anything that will give me a signal over that jack yet.
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Napostrophe
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iWalkingCorpseOh, my bad. Just want to ask, what exactly are you trying to test? Balanced vs unbalanced audio or something else? If ur testing balanced vs unbalanced audio you're gonna need a balanced amp and a comparably priced unbalanced amp to do the comparison fairly.
Mar 15, 2018
Heefty
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NapostropheWhat you would really need to do for a fair test is to compare your balanced amp of choice with a single ended version following the same design but with comparable output power on your load (iems in this case). The main benefit I see from balanced is 2x output power capacity from a given power supply level in the amp.
Mar 15, 2018
kukkurovaca
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iWalkingCorpseYou can use a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter to use the balanced cable with your single-ended sources, but that makes the cable functionally single-ended.
If you want to compare balanced v. single-ended, and you don't already have something with balanced output, you will need to go shopping : )
Mar 15, 2018
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