Daverz;617030 Wrote: > Since you already have the passive pre, I'd first try going single ended > from the DAC. The audible advantage of a balanced connection may be > marginal or nil.
+1 It can depend a bit on the power amps design, just try . On some amps it's no difference and some are better and some are actually worse ? I had a Rotel for a short while where the XLR simply used some cheap IC that in turn feed the normal unbalanced input ,so it was just extra circuits for nothing, in this case you would only have benefited if you actually have the problem xlr solves , picking up noice etc over long runs of cable. The usual 0,5 to 1m used in a hifi is not a problem, or a preamp that really only sound good in balanced. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86186 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
