Most high end manufacturers will be happy to tell you what they have found works best with their equipment, and what in fact they've designed for. I have a friend with Accuphase equipment who told me that the rep told him that they design for SE and added XLR's because so many people wanted it; a dCS rep told me in a casual conversation at a dealers showroom that dCS is precisely the opposite in its design preference. So does a balanced NBS cable sound better in a dCS hookup than a SE does? I switched back and forth for two hours. The result? There were slight differences, but the only thing I'm sure of is that I'll never listen to that CD again!
Balanced vs RCA Interconnects
I had the opportunity today to compare some interconnects while trying ( and failing ) to accomplish
a very different task. I hooked up a pair of Nordost Red
Dawn RCA int. at the same time as a pair of Homegrown audio Silver Super int. BAL and heard no difference when switching back and forth, other than the short silent period for the switch to go through. Equipment is ML383 Int. Amp, Cary CD303 and B&W Nautilus 805 speakers. The sound is excellent with both. I don't know what I expected, but I guess i expected something different...other than just price.
Any comments would be appreciated.
a very different task. I hooked up a pair of Nordost Red
Dawn RCA int. at the same time as a pair of Homegrown audio Silver Super int. BAL and heard no difference when switching back and forth, other than the short silent period for the switch to go through. Equipment is ML383 Int. Amp, Cary CD303 and B&W Nautilus 805 speakers. The sound is excellent with both. I don't know what I expected, but I guess i expected something different...other than just price.
Any comments would be appreciated.