I might not be as vehement as Jadem6, but I'd say that the guy at the shop should know better. ...Is this guy a junior salesman or one of the head honcho's? If he's one of the top dogs he's either stupid, dishonest or both. For a fairly simple explanation of balanced go to the following URL http://www.balanced.com/faq/balanced.html. This should provide you with the information you need.
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