Line level into really high input impedance
Lorin David Schultz wrote:
"Typical" impedance for a line-level input is around 20K or so. A
device I'm looking at has combo Line/DI inputs. The switch changes
input sensitivity but not impedance. Thus the line inputs are balanced
+4, but with an input impedance of 10 Megohms. What are the
consequences of such a high input impedance (if any)?
High cost. And probably slightly higher noise due to some of the design
constraints involved in the super-high input Z.
As long as the input Z is higher than or equal to the output Z, you are
fine, unless you have a device with an output transformer that needs to
see a particular load. In that case, a termination resistor across the
input is needed.
--scott
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