All the Rowland products are True Differential Balanced not just taking the extra balanced pin and grounding it to the Chassis like almost every other balance piece of equipment.
If you purchased a Rowland amp or a truely balanced amplifier you might hear a benifit but then again I switched back to singled ended because the cables were twice as expensive and the benifit depended on the component synergy. Then I upgraded to the next level in single ended and I'm really happy!
The other reason for going all balanced is when you have grounding problems. I borrowed the Synergy preamp and used it with my Lamm M1.1 and it was pretty amazing... Love the volume control... when I get bored with a tube preamp I'll probably buy the Rowland. I used the Rowland XLR to RCA converters to hook everything up and my system still sounded stellar.
My CD player is suppose to benifit from using the balanced out but once again the cable cost is more than my CD player.. where does the madness stop? The worst part is I can hear that improved upgrade to the next cable level.
You should really state what else is in your system so other people with that same equipment can comment whether those components benifit from using Balanced or Single Ended, because you should either go all balanced or singled ended not mixed
If you purchased a Rowland amp or a truely balanced amplifier you might hear a benifit but then again I switched back to singled ended because the cables were twice as expensive and the benifit depended on the component synergy. Then I upgraded to the next level in single ended and I'm really happy!
The other reason for going all balanced is when you have grounding problems. I borrowed the Synergy preamp and used it with my Lamm M1.1 and it was pretty amazing... Love the volume control... when I get bored with a tube preamp I'll probably buy the Rowland. I used the Rowland XLR to RCA converters to hook everything up and my system still sounded stellar.
My CD player is suppose to benifit from using the balanced out but once again the cable cost is more than my CD player.. where does the madness stop? The worst part is I can hear that improved upgrade to the next cable level.
You should really state what else is in your system so other people with that same equipment can comment whether those components benifit from using Balanced or Single Ended, because you should either go all balanced or singled ended not mixed