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The balanced signal volume is a barely, but recognizable increase in volume, no way is is that much.
When to choice XLR over RCA ICs.
If your IC connections are 1m or less is there a difference between using XLR over RCA Interconnects?
As one moves up the ICs cable lines with a manufacturer (ex. Audioquest) which connections would you upgrade first and in what order.
My system is McIntosh (C12000 two part preamp, Men220 room equalizer, MC611 mono-amps), Audioquest (AQ) Niagara 5000 line conditioner, and Hi-Fi Rose 150b streamer.
I am currently using AQ Black Beauty XLR ICs. I have a pair of 1m Firebird RCA ICs and would like to replace one of the Black Beauty ICs in system configuration. Future upgrades looking for recommendations.
Presently using a AQ 2m Thunder 20A power cord from wall socket to Niagara.
Using 4ft AQ William Tell (Silver) bi-wire combo speaker cable (mono-amps to 800d3 speakers.
Thank you, Please advise.
Bob
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Thanks for the information re: jury rigging XLR/balanced connection. I may do so. I became interested in the topic because I have (and love) a VPI Avenger Titan turntable with a Fat Boy tone arm. The Avenger has a separate unit where you can precisely adjust the speed of the two AC motors (that, in turn, rotate a magnetic plate). The power cord that ran from the control unit, unfortunately, was a bit stingy and ran parallel to my Cardis phono cables for a good bit and I got a fair amount of noise. I resolved the issue with an nice, shielded, after market power cord (nothing exotic). Not sure if it was from the shielding or simply because I bought a longer cord that allowed me to drop it behind the console, so it did not run so close to the phono cables. Anyway, problem resolved. But the process did get me thinking about balanced/XLR turntables and phono preamps. Turns out Pro-Ject has a line of balanced turn tables, using what looks like "microphone style" XLRs, such as this:
I thought about it a bit -- and my phono preamp (which I also love) is a Parasound JC3+ (I think that's the model) and it -- despite having XLR "outs" and essentially being completely separate left and right pre-amps in one box does not anticipate XLR "in", so, given I resolved the issue (to my ears, at least) did not pursue the matter further. I have a fair amount of Mogami wire laying about, so I may see if I can improve over the Cardis interconnects. Thanks again. |
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@elliottbnewcombjr Hm. That might be because the balanced output is a completely separate circuit from the single-ended output.
@davetheoilguy Triplanar offers their arms with a balanced connection as well. |
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