LS> shows.  I am currently using 6 amplifiers for my road 
 LS> shows with 12 on reserve for bi and tri-amping the 
 LS> speakers.  I noticed that the sound quality from the 
 LS> mixer degrades when using unbalanced (20kohm per 
 LS> amplifier running my 18 amps and 36 cabinets), and the 
 LS> sound gets more better running balanced (30kohms per 
 LS> amplifier running my 18 amps and 36 cabinets).  I 
 LS> guess it is the load bearing on the mixer.
Why would your amplifiers put any load on your mixer outputs?  I'd think it 
would all be on either crossover outputs or limiters.  
If a 1K load degrades your sound quality, it's consumer and not pro gear that 
wou're running.  Balanced or unbalanced only matter as to noise rejection, 
and generally result in the same loading per line driver in opamp based 
designs.  
Terry
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