Hi MannyE,
In my limited experience with pro/broadcast stuff, yes.
Balanced in/outs is no gaurantee of good sound.
The local stations here were usually fitted out with mass market "pro" crap; heavy duty ugly cosmetics, often with dummy balanced phono 1/4 " connectors, rack handles etc.
Technics was a favoured brand for turntables; SL-1200's, some pro Technics CDP.
All sounded OK when broadcast but crap at home on a wide bandwidth system; FM is limited to 30-15,000 Hz ? So all the crap at the extremes on the Technics doesn't make it through the airwaves.
The best stuff I've seen in local FM stations has been a twin set of Revox B-77's (used for playing adverts !) and one pop station which used Plinius amps for monitoring.
Otherwise there was nothing I would want to have at home.
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