Balanced cables

Do different brands/levels of balanced XLR ended cables going to and from differentially balanced components make a difference?

stringreen02-25-2018 2:21am

folkfreak Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,349 posts 02-25-2018 at 02:44am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yes. Most of the aspects of cable design that affect performance apply to balanced cables just like single ended, you just don’t have to worry about directionality 😉 assuming the manufacturer got this right in construction. Seriously however you will hear differences as you move among balanced cables just as with single ended
folkfreak Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,349 posts 02-25-2018 at 03:07am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete While I have nothing to disagree with in the thread @almarg refers too the entire discussion is at a fairly basic/EE theory level in the cable controversy canon. To whit if you believe cables are sensitive to external vibration, interference from the surfaces they are resting on etc etc then balanced cables are just as subject to this as unbalanced. Certainly I’ve found that to be the case running 30’ lengths of WEL signature balanced to my power amps. If you don’t believe any of this then be you can be happy with your long runs of studio grade balanced wire.