Balanced Interconnect advice please

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    juboy

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    I've just purchased a Classe CDP .5 CD player to partner my Krell KAV300i amp.

    As the Classe allows me to take advantage of the balanced inputs on the Krell, I need a new cable. Anyone got any suggestions as to (a) which cable would be a good bet (<£100) and (b) somewhere online that actually sells them.

    TIA :)
     
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    JB, I believe scropion cables are fair, might be worth a shot I reckon, else some starquad will be more than apt :)
     
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    As long as you aren't paying 100quid a metre for it :rolleyes:
    Mic cable terminated with ITT or soundcraft XLRs is fine. Take a trip down to your local pro audio / instrument dealer for short pre-terminated lengths.
     
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    I don't understand this 100m M.O.Q.?, we've got meters of the stuff :rolleyes: maplins sell the stuff by the meter off the roll.
    You could even ask RS for a sample ;)
     
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    Thanks for the replies. I've sent a mail to Paul at Scorpion to see if they'll make up an XLR terminated I/C for me.

    Being totally new to the balanced connection side of things, could someone tell me what the advantages are? I know there's a 6dB boost and better dynamic headroom... anything else?
     
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    I've been using balanced for two month, after many, many test between two worlds I have my thoughts.
    Balanced:
    -Less cable influence, you can use a good or a very good cable with almost no noticeable change in the overall sound (just my experience).
    -More signal to noise ratio.
    -More dynamic sound.
    -Balanced shows all the CDs pros and cons, some loss in warm.

    Unbalanced:
    -Incredible cable influence in the way the system sounds (nothing new at all).
    -More warm and sweet sound, less bright sound for some records(cable dependent).
    -You can match your equipment sound very easily, just try some different cables and that's it.

    I'm using a creek CD53 cd player with a NAD S300 integrated amplifier with audioquest python balanced and Ecosse Maestro unbalanced. Also I tried with ordinary inexpensive balanced, python unbalanced and audioquest Diamondbacks.

    Many greetings from Chile.

    Gustavo Villa
     
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