Thanks for the reply.Please excuse my ignorance but I meant "balanced" in the sense that one end of the RCA interconnect is grounded at one end for the shield as well as the signal.The manufacturer recommends putting the fully "earthed" end at the source.I had seen that for analogue playback using a phono stage,placing this end at the phono stage end was the way to go for the best shielding of components.I wondered if it also applied in my case as I only use the preamp for analogue playback.
