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RE: About differences between cables - RCAs vs. XLRs.

[quote]Bill Conrad stated that balanced circuitry in home audio gear is a solution looking for a problem[/quote]

imo, Bill Conrad is right, in this instance...

imo, there is no real benefit of using XLR ICs, unless you require 10m long ICs or your components do not have RCA sockets.

For me it depends on the RCA or XLR electronics and the quality of the RCA or XLR ICs not whether it is RCA or XLR, which is how I hear it.

With RCA ICs, if the noise is well controlled then RCAs can/should sound better than XLR ICs. In many instances though noise is not well controlled but if noise is well controlled then RCA ICs can/should sound better :)

Unfortunately, XLR electronics remove 2nd order harmonics as part of the XLR noise filtering/cancelling process, which our ears like, but leaves the 3rd order harmonics in place including the noise, which our ears do not like... :)

Even more so, if the Hot and Cold XLR electronics is not well matched then the noise filtering/cancelling process can be even stronger where even more 2nd, and even 3rd, order harmonics are removed. I guess that will provide a smoother, maybe warmer, sound :)


Edits: 04/17/15
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