If your system is up to date, I see you're using Blue Jeans, which are fine, basic cables. Plus, you have a good baseline from which to judge other products, which will either sound better, worse or the same. IMO, the only way to find out is to buy something with a trial period and listen for a week or 2. I have had speakers where BJ speaker cables were absolutely fine and others where the system sounded horrible with them. No other way, but to try.
Audioquest Design Question
I’m comparing some of the Audioquest interconnect options and am curious from what advantages would be expected from a triple-balanced design for a single ended application.
The Chicago (what I currently have) is, for example a double-balanced cable that only comes with RCA connections.
The Red River (next level up) is a triple-balanced design and has an XLR option.
The only other double-balanced design is the Yukon that is for the RCA terminations while the Yukon interconnects with XLR connections are listed as triple-balanced.
The triple-balanced design makes sense for a balanced connector that has three elements, but single ended connectors only have two elements.
It seems that the triple balanced design may not add actual value to the cable and is just a method of terminating a balanced interconnect design with single ended connectors.
Anyone with some actual electrical engineering knowledge that could comment on this?
Update: Looking at their spec sheets it appears that the Sydney cables might be the sweet spot for single ended RCA connections in the most budget price ranges.