XLR, RCA or BNC?


I got in to an argument with a friend on the preferred connection. I know the tecnical differences between them. But does anyone know of a sonic difference? Hm...

Is there any? If so, why?

Thanks
rannagarden

Showing 1 response by unclejeff

While you have done well to keep this thread on base, so to speak, it reminds me of the often askes question:

"Other than that one thing, Mrs. Lincoln, How was the play?"

The point being that there are far too many more variables than the base of the connection. For instance, my McIntosh 2102 amp has both balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) inputs which would be good to use in your test, except that this amp has an extra circuit that converts the balanced to unbalanced so naturally I should use the RCA first as this is my amp's preferance.

My Audio Aero Capitole Cd player works best with my Audio Aero Capitole amp using the balanced connections. So, I use the CD player's RCA outputs to the McIntosh and XLR to the Capitole.

I shall let others get started on quality of cables, kind of metal in the cables, shielding, etc.

This is not to say that your 'bump' is not unimportant, just a bit esoteric.