hey. Just bought a new Electrocompaniet ECD-1 DAC (being shipped from Norway tomorrow...I'm bloody excited:D, though my g/f just thinks I'm nuts:rolleyes:-but what does she know! ) Anyway this baby will be fed by a Sony-XB940 SACD player (for the time being ;)) and will output into an Electrocompaniet ECI-3 Amp. Now, the amp has balanced XLR inputs which I wasn't able to use previously with the Sony but now will be as the DAC has balanced outs - Is it worth getting XLR interconnects for the DAC and if so any recommendations? (the cheaper the better cos I've done my budget on the DAC ;)) Also, is a good Nordost RCA interconnect alright for feeding the DAC from the Sony or does it have to be some type of "digital" version? cheers boys, really looking forward to going through my cd's afresh ;)... Osc.