Are Expensive Balanced Interconnects Necessary?


Clearly, single ended interconnects yield sound benefits as you move up a manufacturers product line, but do balanced cables yield the same improvement?

vonhelmholtz

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I'm thinking of moving the linestage along with the sources of course further from the speakers. 

I'm currently using 1m Nordost Red Dawn XLR between the preamp and the power amp. (This option works definitely better than any RCA I have tried).

If I move it, I'd have to get 2x6m of balanced cables to reach the power amp. I guess the length will not make a difference in this case but what about the cable itself? I'd build something myself just because of the length. Maybe something like Belden 8402 or Mogami W2534 as Paul from PS Audio suggests. 

https://www.psaudio.com/ps-how/how-to-make-a-50-pair-of-high-end-xlr-cables/

I don't care if I pay $2 or $20 for a meter. The Mogami cable is super cheap.

Do you have any recommendation for something better? 

Thanks