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balanced connection, better than single ended?

If you have gear that can do balanced & unbalanced connections which is preferable and why? I have read that balanced connections are better for long runs of cable otherwise a single ended connections are fine but not sure of this since I have yet to use this sort of connection. Also I read that some gear is not truly balanced in their circuitry thus this gear may not benefit from a balanced connection. I ask only because I'm recently buying an amp that has true balanced circuitry but now must find a preamp of the same.
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coolhand
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Indeed what you have read is correct.
There is largely no benefit to be gained from using short balanced runs in a typical hi-fi system, particularly when most, if not all of the equipment is TRULY balanced end to end in its internal design, which effectively means a doubling of component count.
What is usually far more beneficial however, is balanced POWER to your equipment.
coolhand
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Balanced or Symmetrical power is explained quite well here:

http://www.equitech.com/faq/faq.htm
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