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SQ difference XLR vs RCA ?

I’ve read lots of the discussions on this forum about balanced vs single ended connections.  My understanding so far is that balanced connection has better signal to noise than single ended, which helps if you have hum or noise problems or if you have long runs.  
My question is this:  if I have a quiet system with short runs, do balanced connections sound better?

mabonn

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Just to be an old curmudgeon, RCAs have worked just fine for me over the last 55 years.  

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Wonder how many of the responders on this thread actually HAVE equipment with balanced/XLR connections and have tried them.

Well, on my big Mac amp the extra gain of the XLR circuit raised my idle hiss to an audible level. I had to pad that down to remove the hiss. So in my experience XLRs can work in some installations and not work so well in others. 

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