Playing with RCA vs Balanced in my setup

[JohnJo]

Personally I found the (now deleted) Jez post very informative and appreciate the time and effort, firstly involved in gaining the knowledge, and secondly typing it up. I didn't realise that balanced equipment may mean single ended internally until the point of connection and then employ transformers or a multi op amp circuit to give a balanced output/input.

With the deepest respect I felt he was misconstrued in this case.

Don't get me wrong Jez, it would be nice if you could appreciate a *little* deeper that 99% of us don't have, and never will have, the technical knowledge you have so can only report our experiences. But I guess if I had your knowledge I'd possibly feel the same and FWIW I think you have been much improved of late in this area.

I also appreciate the difficulty the mods and in particularly Marco has keeping things on an even keel and think they do a great job and feel people *should* be pulled up when required.

But, and it's a big but, this would be a significantly duller, less useful and enjoyable place without guys like Jez taking time to share. I notice Paul from RFC hasn't been seen in a couple of weeks following a similar incident which is a massive pity.

We're all different characters and we're all entitled to the odd bad day and it's really not my style to stick my nose in but I just wanted to say let's not lose good people by falling out, pleeease.

We NEED guys like Jez here!

[Marco]

Good post too, John, which I'm sure Jez will appreciate, and as far as I understand he's not going anywhere

Essentially, it's all about communication. Having knowledge without also the ability to communicate it in a non-confrontational way, which others can accept and learn from, ultimately is of little use, if the goal is to successfully impart that knowledge to the target audience.

None of us are perfect, and I've discussed the above with Jez, who's taken on board what I've said to him, as he knows that I value his input here, and have not only his best interests at heart, but those of AoS in general.

I thought that I'd restored all of Jez's deleted posts, so will attend to the one remaining you've mentioned. As for Paul, he's currently left the forum, but I'll be speaking with him as soon as possible to try and resolve the issues we're currently in disagreement about.

Marco.

[JohnJo]

Good post too, John, which I'm sure Jez will appreciate, and as far as I understand he's not going anywhere

Essentially, it's all about communication. Having knowledge without also the ability to communicate it in a non-confrontational way, which others can accept and learn from, ultimately is of little use, if the goal is to successfully impart that knowledge to the target audience.

None of us are perfect, and I've discussed the above with Jez, who's taken on board what I've said to him, as he knows that I value his input here, and have not only his best interests at heart, but those of AoS in general.

I thought that I'd restored all of Jez's deleted posts, so will attend to the one remaining you've mentioned. As for Paul, he's currently left the forum, but I'll be speaking with him as soon as possible to try and resolve the issues we're currently in disagreement about.

Marco.

Good stuff Marco, thanks.

[Arkless Electronics]

Personally I found the (now deleted) Jez post very informative and appreciate the time and effort, firstly involved in gaining the knowledge, and secondly typing it up. I didn't realise that balanced equipment may mean single ended internally until the point of connection and then employ transformers or a multi op amp circuit to give a balanced output/input.

With the deepest respect I felt he was misconstrued in this case.

Don't get me wrong Jez, it would be nice if you could appreciate a *little* deeper that 99% of us don't have, and never will have, the technical knowledge you have so can only report our experiences. But I guess if I had your knowledge I'd possibly feel the same and FWIW I think you have been much improved of late in this area.

I also appreciate the difficulty the mods and in particularly Marco has keeping things on an even keel and think they do a great job and feel people *should* be pulled up when required.

But, and it's a big but, this would be a significantly duller, less useful and enjoyable place without guys like Jez taking time to share. I notice Paul from RFC hasn't been seen in a couple of weeks following a similar incident which is a massive pity.

We're all different characters and we're all entitled to the odd bad day and it's really not my style to stick my nose in but I just wanted to say let's not lose good people by falling out, pleeease.

We NEED guys like Jez here!

Thanks for that John Most appreciated.

[Marco]

Jez, I've restored all your deleted posts, both because there was lots of good information contained therein, and also to preserve the continuity of the discussion. Please leave them now 'as is'. Ta

Marco.

[Arkless Electronics]

Good post too, John, which I'm sure Jez will appreciate, and as far as I understand he's not going anywhere

Essentially, it's all about communication. Having knowledge without also the ability to communicate it in a non-confrontational way, which others can accept and learn from, ultimately is of little use, if the goal is to successfully impart that knowledge to the target audience.

None of us are perfect, and I've discussed the above with Jez, who's taken on board what I've said to him, as he knows that I value his input here, and have not only his best interests at heart, but those of AoS in general.

I thought that I'd restored all of Jez's deleted posts, so will attend to the one remaining you've mentioned. As for Paul, he's currently left the forum, but I'll be speaking with him as soon as possible to try and resolve the issues we're currently in disagreement about.

Marco.

I re-deleted the posts. Although we had a long chat on the matter, and agreed on some things, I made it clear on the phone, and will do so again publicly now, that I couldn't disagree with you more strongly. I know where Paul is coming from and personally will hesitate in offering any more help or advice to anyone but paying customers after this.

[Marco]

Yes, but ultimately I decide which posts stay or go, Jez, so that's what will happen. The contents of what any member posts here ultimately belongs to the forum, not to the member concerned (it is not their intellectual property), which is why whenever someone chooses to leave the forum, we don't delete their contributions to date.

You're of course free to disagree with me on any matter relating to hi-fi, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you're right, especially in terms of how you're imparting that information, and whether it's conducive to what is expected here.

In that respect, I would ask you to read what Bruce wrote earlier, which incidentally has now formed part of 'Our Ethos' [see relevant section of the forum for details].

The fact is, I know what's overall best for AoS (and would ask you to respect that), and therefore what's best for AoS will always be more important and come first before what's best for ANY one individual here, including you, Paul, or even me.

You are also of course free to offer help or advice here as and when you see fit

Marco.

[Qwin]

Marco - "The contents of what any member posts here ultimately belongs to the forum"

As a professional designer I find this worrying, are you saying intellectual property rights for anything shared on the forum, belongs to the forum?

I haven't read the small print in the forum rules, but would be concerned if this was true?

[Marco]

It is, mate. Ultimately *all content* here is the property of the forum, but that doesn't mean it's ok for us pinch your designs and produce them to sell! Which of course won't happen - and that also applies to all other designers here

Marco.

[struth]

A bit like Facebook. If you post something then it's there and you can't demand it back as a post etc. You can of course ask