I've had a Sony xa-5400es for 7 months now and ran Audioquest King Cobra RCAs for a couple of months then switched to King Cobra XLRs and it made a noticable difference in sound through my McIntosh MA6900 and PSB Synchrony Ones. It is interesting that the system plays louder through the RCAs but sounds smoother with the XLRs.
Is Sony XA-5400ES fully 'truly' balanced?
Just purchased new Sony XA-5400ES SACD player. Sounds fantastic after a couple hundred hours. Currently running 'inexpensive' Kimber Hero SE interconnects. Was wondering if any benefit should/would be realized from changing to XLR balanced cables? Not sure if the Sony is a fully balanced unit? The preamp IS fully balanced Krell KCT.