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I'm Getting Unbalanced About Balanced

It was my understanding that having XLR/Balanced cabling was the ultimate goal for any high end system for all the reasons we've read about. But now I'm told that even though some equipment "accepts" Balanced they aren't necessarily "truly balanced". Therefore negating the benefits...How would I determine this? And if I add high end RCA cabling to my system am I wasting my money?
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It all depends on which components you have.
Some components are fully balanced, while others are not.
Some components sound better using single ended RCAs while some components sound better with XLR balanced.
It is all very component (and sometimes system) specific.

You need to read the manufacturers literature to see if a component is truly balanced.

You are not necessarily wasting your money by going with RCSs. Some components do sound better run with single ended RCSs.

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