STAY AWAY FROM THIS DEALER. If he was truely trying to sell balanced RCA than he was trying to pull something. 'XLR' make a balanced connection, but only if your equipment is truely balanced internally. I would suggest talking with a different dealer, ask him about balanced RCA cables and see how he reacts. Unless I'm missing something I would not trust the guy you talked to! J.D.
Why are my cables balanced ?
I am very new to the hi-end audio scene, and evidently don't know what a 'balanced' cable is:
I was in an audio store looking for 1m cables to run from my new DAC to an amp that I am going to get from someone. The guy was trying to sell me 'balanced' cables with RCA ends. Since the DAC has an 'unbalanced output' and the amp doesn't have 'balanced' XLR inputs, what is the advantage of using a 'balanced' interconnect cable?
I have read a bunch of white-papers but don't really understand them. Perhaps someone could explain this easily!
Thanks,
Matt
I was in an audio store looking for 1m cables to run from my new DAC to an amp that I am going to get from someone. The guy was trying to sell me 'balanced' cables with RCA ends. Since the DAC has an 'unbalanced output' and the amp doesn't have 'balanced' XLR inputs, what is the advantage of using a 'balanced' interconnect cable?
I have read a bunch of white-papers but don't really understand them. Perhaps someone could explain this easily!
Thanks,
Matt
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