From my experience with Cardas XLR to RCA adapters, it greatly degrades the sound. If you have a very high end system, I suggest only use in an emergency or temporary.
RCA to XLR adapters?
I currently have a complete single end (RCA) input system but was possibly looking at other amps that are fully balanced and accept only balanced or XLR connections. My question is will these adaptors give you the full benefit of a balanced amp or preamp? Or will it simply was work ok? I have expensive cable that I will not replace but is terminated with RCA's.