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Joe Kramer
 
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Arny Krueger wrote:

IOW, use a shielded two-conductor cable and hook one signal wire to
the shield at the source end.


Thanks for the reply Arny. Yes, shielded twisted pair with the "low"
signal grounded at the source end is the "minimal" or third best
solution to the problem according to Jensen themselves. (Jensen AN-003
paper). Not surprisingly, their first best solution is to use one of
their input transformers. I'd be skeptical of this myself, but in
practice it really does sound better than the hard-coupled arrangement.

When sonic accuracy is the goal, transformers are in the
necessary evil department.

IOW, if your system isn't broke without them, you probably
want to leave them out.


I'm not out to contradict conventional wisdom here (ie, transformers =
emergency situations only), but rather to collate some data on whether
anybody else has used a transformer-coupled monitor amp with good
results. Thanks again.

Joe