Your best resource is the Ayre owners manual. You can also search for "pints with Ayre" to listen why Ayre does balanced electronics. +1 on advice from mike-in-nc. (I cannot find Cambridge Audio NX.)
Should I explore balanced cables to connect my amp to dac?
Hi there
I just bought demos of Ayre AX5 Twenty and Cambridge Audio NX; I'll be using the CA unit as the DAC.
Both components support balanced connections.
As I understand, balanced cables provide their benefit when I have long runs; in my case the two components will literally be next to each other (so the cable will be 1m or less.
In this case does a balanced cable help and if it does, can someone suggest a good starting point under $200? Some guidance on what kind of situations I'm likely to notice an improvement would also be appreciated.
I just bought demos of Ayre AX5 Twenty and Cambridge Audio NX; I'll be using the CA unit as the DAC.
Both components support balanced connections.
As I understand, balanced cables provide their benefit when I have long runs; in my case the two components will literally be next to each other (so the cable will be 1m or less.
In this case does a balanced cable help and if it does, can someone suggest a good starting point under $200? Some guidance on what kind of situations I'm likely to notice an improvement would also be appreciated.