[LAU] OT: unbalanced to balanced

[Leo]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Josh Lawrence<..... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Ricardus Vincente<....... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  If it is for a basic pair of computer speakers the 1/8" connection is
>> NOT balanced.  It's just a common 1/8th inch TRS connector wire for
>> unbalanced stereo.  Typically Tip is Left, Right is Right, and sleeve in
>> ground.
>
> AH-HA, that explains a lot of what has been confusing me, TRS does not
> equal balanced.  Thank you!!!  :)

wikipedia.org

A TRS connector (tip, ring, sleeve) also called an audio jack, phone
plug, jack plug, stereo plug, mini-jack, or mini-stereo, and more
recently MP3 jack is a common audio connector. It is cylindrical in
shape......