My experience is this. If your system is fully balanced from source to speaker terminal, as is mine, you'll probably get better sound using balanced interconnects. I tried some inexpensive XLR interconnects on a lark, just to hear what balanced might sound like. The improvement over my expensive single ended interconnects was immediate and material.
It is system dependent. But in a system where all the components are fully balanced, balanced is the way to go.
It is system dependent. But in a system where all the components are fully balanced, balanced is the way to go.