@ Dlcockrum, Hi, The last part of your post that your white papers said, Again keeping cable lengths short will reduce noise problems, I have been saying this for the last 25 years!, the fact of the matter, I have said this recently to a few members, It does not matter what I tell them, They believe some manufacturer that says other wise, or believe someone they know, It's to the point of, what do I know, right?, LOL!, I use 6ft speaker cables, all XLR interconnects are 1-meter length, no rca cables at all, all componets are true balanced from in-put to out-put that I use, been doing audio for 35 years, this a very long time, again, what do I know!
XLR or RCA?
Dear audiogon community,
It was recommended, in another post, that I try a difference IC cable. I was considering the audio quest columbia XLR. ( I am currently using xlr cable between by c2300 preamp and mc275 amp). However, I then read that xlr cables only provide a real benefit if you are using balanced cables throughout your entire system, which I presume means from my turntable into my preamp. Is this true? Because if it is, perhaps I should switch to RCA. That is, my tonearm cable ends with RCS cables. In fact, my pre-amp does not have xlr inputs for phono (though it has them for everything else).
I plead with you, the wise audition community, to lead me out of this mystery!
It was recommended, in another post, that I try a difference IC cable. I was considering the audio quest columbia XLR. ( I am currently using xlr cable between by c2300 preamp and mc275 amp). However, I then read that xlr cables only provide a real benefit if you are using balanced cables throughout your entire system, which I presume means from my turntable into my preamp. Is this true? Because if it is, perhaps I should switch to RCA. That is, my tonearm cable ends with RCS cables. In fact, my pre-amp does not have xlr inputs for phono (though it has them for everything else).
I plead with you, the wise audition community, to lead me out of this mystery!