USB DAC balanced or unbalanced inputs?


Can anyone tell me the benefits of running balanced instead of unbalanced (as I am now) when going from my usb dac into my mcintosh mc7300? the unbalanced inputs are rca and the balanced xlr. So, Id be running rca>xlr cable from my dac to the amp. Id love to know what benefits I may get before forking out the $$$ to get a new cable. Thanks in advance.
atlaudio

Showing 1 response by gmood1

From what I've seen so far. The only benefit would be a higher voltage output on the XLR outputs verses Single ended. This in turn may give you a few more dBs of gain.However this may not be the case with all Dacs.

Depending on your preamp's or amplifier's input sensitivity will determine if the XLR output will make any positive differences in sound quality.