Balanced and RCA interconnects can sound just as good as another. There is no problem with RCA at all Balanced is just less prone distortion and a better circut. If your going high end and or you have long runs to your amps I would invest in balanced. Most cable manfactures sill change the ends of your cables from rca to balanced for a small fee.
balanced outputs
Depending on who you talk to, balanced outputs are either the panacea to all ills or just another gimmick that adds 6 db to your output path.
Given that I have already spent a bunch on RCA interconnects, I guess i am biased towards single ended outputs. I am looking for an unbiased view. I was puzzled as to why two of the really high end preamps were devoid of balnced outputs, and also intrigued as to why other manufacturers like Krell now only offer balnced ouptuts exclusively.
Given that I have already spent a bunch on RCA interconnects, I guess i am biased towards single ended outputs. I am looking for an unbiased view. I was puzzled as to why two of the really high end preamps were devoid of balnced outputs, and also intrigued as to why other manufacturers like Krell now only offer balnced ouptuts exclusively.