Two grounds???
Where?? :devil: Most balanced interconnect wire has only two wires and a shield. At least in my experience...
I would think the Conrad Johnson line of thinking might be something like...why add a device to change from single ended to balanced, route through a short conductor to the input, where you have to have yet another device to convert balanced back to unbalanced. That could be considered two extra "stages" to minimize noise that may not be a problem to begin with. Sound about right?
But the balanced advocate could answer with...but we can isolate the grounds between devices instead of trying to share it through non-permanent connections...AND....we also have the ability to reject noise if it is present on the input. :rocker: PLUS...we use a better connector too! And...if you need more, we can seperate SHIELDING from audio grounding which so often gets confused! Isn't that all correct thinking??
Can either way be a superior method in all cases? Or would the individual implementation maybe make a big difference?
My thinking for the original question...short jumper and not inherently balanced circuitry, stay with your unbalanced if your happy with them.
OldMonolith