Balancing and De-Balancing Information and Specifications

• Studio, Live Sound and Broadcast
• Patch Bays
• AV Systems/CD/VIDEO
• Anywhere unbalanced signals need converting to professional balanced signals

Innovation
Silently interfacing -10 dB unbalanced consumer electronics with +4 dB Balanced professional equipment has always been a problem. Hum and noise generated by a mismatch at this point will be amplified throughout the studio, broadcast, or live sound system.
 

But luckily it’s a problem of the past, now that ARX has introduced the Balance 8, an 8 channel audio balancer and level optimizer specifically designed to handle this critical task.
 

ARX’s proprietary balancing circuits take the -10 dB levels from CD players, cassette and tape players, DAT recorders, digital eight track recorders, and effortlessly transform them into the balanced signals that all professional audio systems expect. Inputs are unbalanced RCA connectors, and outputs are industry-standard balanced three-pin XLR type.
 

Pairs of gain mode switch on the front panel let you select unity gain through the Balance 8, using it as a balancer only, or as a level optimizer as well, bringing the -10 dB levels up to +4 dB (14 dB overall gain). Status LEDs on the front panel indicate which mode has been selected.
 

Housed in a rugged all-steel chassis with extruded aluminum front panel, the ARX Balance 8 is the ideal professional engineer’s tool for the critical task of impedance and level converting. 

ARX Quality
Every day, ARX Audio interface products solve audio problems for thousands of people around the world. We know we’re obsessive about audio quality, but we’re betting that you are, too. 

Innovation

Sooner or later there comes a time when Pro Audio Balanced outputs need to be converted to Unbalanced, to silently interface with the -10 dB unbalanced inputs of consumer electronics. Distortion and noise from a mismatch at this point will be amplified throughout the system. Now there’s a simple and straightforward solution to this problem—the all-new ARX DeBalance 8, an eight-channel audio debalancer and level optimizer specifically designed to handle this critical task.
 

ARX’s proprietary debalancing circuits take the Balanced +4 dB levels from professional audio systems and effortlessly convert them into the unbalanced signals that all units with unbalanced inputs need, such as LCD, LED and plasma screens and other consumer-type products Inputs are industry-standard balanced three-pin XLR type, and outputs are unbalanced RCA connectors.
 

Pairs of gain mode switches on the front panel let you select unity gain through the DeBalance 8, using it as a debalancer only, or as a level optimizer as well, bringing the +4 dB levels down to –10 dB (–14 dB overall loss). Status LEDs on the front panel indicate which mode has been selected.
 

Housed in a rugged all-steel chassis with extruded aluminum front panel, the ARX DeBalance 8 is the ideal professional engineer’s tool for the critical task of impedance and level converting.
 

ARX Quality
Every day, ARX Audio interface products solve audio problems for thousands of people around the world. We know we’re obsessive about audio quality, but we’re betting that you are, too.