balanced vs. unbalanced sound quality


hi all i just got a theta dreadnaught amp and i currently have it hooked up through the unbalanced inputs.

i dont know very much about this topic, so i was wondering if i got balanced cables, would the sound quality improve? i will be using all 1 meter cables.

i know that higher end cables will sound better, but lets just say that the balanced cables would be of the same quality as the unbalanced.

thanks all,
cheers
nineballg

Showing 1 response by aaronmadler

My personal preference is balanced over rca. I've had amps that had hum with rca connections and once I switched to XLR, the hum was gone. People will tell you that there is no difference, but if you read the manuals of high end amps you will find instructions like the following:

The KSA has balanced and single-ended inputs ’. The balanced inputs use 3- pin XLRconnectors and the single-ended inputs use standard RCAconnec-
tors. Werecommenduse of balanced interconnects sonically, and electrically
because of their ability to reduce noise and not incur significant sonic loss due to extreme cable lengths.

There you have it. Good luck.