You can get sued for anything in the US, but you have to pay the bill
when you lose. There are plenty of components that have "balanced
inputs", etc but are not fully balanced amplifiers. That is why you
see "fully balanced", and "true balanced", etc used in descriptions.
That is also why the law is "buyer beware and not "manufacturer
beware" (unless you make a product that has a Bose "technology" in it
of course!). Different people hear different things. To say that one
would definately hear the difference is a bit optimistic. I have heard
gear that had balanced circuitry, but sounded better SE as the
amplifiers were not fully balanced all the way through. It is common
practice to have balanced inputs and then convert to SE and then back
again, just as you would with a A/D and D/A device. Nothing illegal
there. Really the only time that I have been able to appreciate a
balanced system is when it was balanced all the way through from DAC
to power amp. That's not theory, just practice.
- Bill
www.uptownaudio.com
Roanoke VA
(540) 343-1250

"Lawrence Leung" wrote in message
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styles) of RCAs. Much gear that accepts balanced cables is not
really
fully balanced and the use causes as much internal noise from the
conversion stages as any noise rejected. In that case a good SE
connection is actually best. You will notice different gain specs
on
many amplifiers with the use of balanced vs single-ended
connections
to make the point of more circuitry being implemented vs less. The
only way to tell for sure is to connect both types of the same
cable
material and listen. I doubt that you will notice any differences
either way unless there is a big amplifier gain issue there. I
have

There is a contradiction of your statement, if the component
circuitry is
not a balanced one, you won't be able to hear the difference anyway.
But if
there is a balance circuitry inside, and sure you will tell the
difference.
And I doubt that too many gear(s) that accept balanced cables
(assume they
will say balance input/output) does not really has the balance
circuitry,
that considered as fraud and can get sue for that!