balanced vs. unbalanced sound quality

to a certain extent it is almost pointless to ask other people what might sound good to you. while the quality of sound of balanced vs. unbalanced inputs is dependent upon the quality of the components as pointed out in another reply, from my perspective, you tend to get better sound from xlr inputs. it is true that you get a higher signal level from xlr output, but components of which i am aware tend to attenuate the xlr input signal to compensate. however, the higher signal also results in a better signal to noise ratio, so the signal might sound a bit cleaner. that said, don't expect the difference between balanced and unbalanced inputs to be "night and day".

12-11-10: Audiofeil
System/component dependent

It's that simple.

"system/component dependent" is just a catchphrase that doesn't really tell the reader anything. exactly what is it about the system and/or component that you think would limit the performance of balanced inputs vs. unbalanced inputs?

12-12-10: Audiofeil
Performance and/or selection of cables, balanced or single ended, depends on the system components.

Simple enough for you deadw8?

just because you apparently don't know enough to offer anything more more than content-free buzzwords and pabulum is no reason for you to become insulting just because i am querying you to find out whether you actually know what you are talking about. i mean, if you don't know what you're talking about, then don't comment. your repeated assertions of "i have experience" that you seem to offer in response to any questioning is just not very persuasive.