Sometimes unbalanced sounds better than balanced. My Audio Aero Prima sounds better unbalanced. Make sure you compare when both connections are possible.
Balanced to unbalanced?
Am in process of setting up my system and have run into this interconnect issue : My active crossover is not balanced, so no XLR in or out. Source is SCD-1 which I'm sending to get VSEI upgrades, so I can get truly balanced if needed, if it is worthwhile. Pre is Supratek Sauvignon (balanced). Since I can't use balanced downstream of the crossover, would it still be advantageous to use balanced upstream ? -between the SCD-1 and pre?