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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123295209-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Zephyr,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123295209-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Yes you do need one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123295209-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The Clear one kit is all balanced signals, so you need to
convert these both to go in & out of the PC system and possibly if you use
an amplifier remotely without balanced inputs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123295209-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You can however 'cheat' sometimes and get away with
acceptable results (I do it in one of our rooms and no-one has
noticed).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.dplay.com/dv/balance/balance.html">http://www.dplay.com/dv/balance/balance.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123295209-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>see section on Connecting Balanced...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123295209-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>However, as an audiophile who runs a balanced home Hi-Fi
system, I should be telling you not to do this; and I don't know how the
different loading affects the Clear One unit on a long term
basis.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123295209-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123295209-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Paul</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov
[mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Zephyr Zhangbo
Liu<BR><B>Sent:</B> 27 June 2006 19:06<BR><B>To:</B>
ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AG-TECH] Is MatchMaker
needed?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>Just wondering if we have XAP 400, do we still need to MatchMaker (such as
MM100) to do the signal balancing?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Zephyr </DIV></BODY></HTML>