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My suggestion is to just demo a cable from the cable company to avoid making a "purchase" if the cost of the cable is high.
I also have a modded APL Denon with video intact and altho I never tried what you are trying, my educated guess would be that you still get the benefit of the APL mods. As I recall, he suggested "all off" only to get the purest possible signal, therefore your cable purchase will still probably be valid, as I understand your question.
Please let us know what you find out. My Denon was re-modified by Alex last December to act as a 32-bit AKM DAC, but prior to that when I used it I ran it single-ended into my preamp with no problems. I'm guessing maybe our machines are just different (I have se and balanced outputs).
BTW - ALex has been responsive to my e-mails over the past several weeks - sometimes it just takes a little patience as he frequently travels to different locations in Europe.
My suggestion is to just demo a cable from the cable company to avoid making a "purchase" if the cost of the cable is high.
I also have a modded APL Denon with video intact and altho I never tried what you are trying, my educated guess would be that you still get the benefit of the APL mods. As I recall, he suggested "all off" only to get the purest possible signal, therefore your cable purchase will still probably be valid, as I understand your question.
Please let us know what you find out. My Denon was re-modified by Alex last December to act as a 32-bit AKM DAC, but prior to that when I used it I ran it single-ended into my preamp with no problems. I'm guessing maybe our machines are just different (I have se and balanced outputs).
BTW - ALex has been responsive to my e-mails over the past several weeks - sometimes it just takes a little patience as he frequently travels to different locations in Europe.