XLR versus "good" analog interconnects

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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2009
    I think you will be pleased with them, and down the road if you choose to change them out you should get a fair price for them.

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  • gzm51
    gzm51 Posts: 1
    edited December 2010
    Hello,
    I am trying to connect a Behringer UB802 mixer to a Kenwood KR7060 A/V receiver. I have connected cables from the mixer main out to the receiver Pre-out, but no luck. Have also tried the video in as well as tape play in to no avail. Nothing labeled "audio in" is available on the back of the receiver. Have confirmed the cables are good. The receiver works just fine otherwise. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,314
    edited December 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Also keep in mind to get the full benefit, every component in the chain all the way to your speakers needs to be a fully balanced design.

    H9

    Understand all except "all the way to your speakers"....how do you get balanced speaker connection....just a question or is it component related

    Thanks Ron
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2010
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Also, are expensive XLR cables better than inexpensive XLR cables, or is this case more like HDMI cables where any differance between inexpensive and expensive is negligible.

    Thanks for dragging this thread up from the past. After the experience in cables I have had over the last year, I can answer my own question. Without a doubt, at least for me, the expensive XLR cables beat the less expensive XLRs cables. This was a hands-down, knockout victory.

    I had Kimber Kable Hero XLR ICs between all my gear, and replaced them with MIT Shotgun S1.3 balanced ICs. What a difference. While I thought everything was fine with the Kimbers, the MITs really opened my ears. The soundstage expanded in front of me with a wider presentation. Additionally, the imaging became even more precise, along with a quieter background, and overall sound quality improvement. This was not a subtle change as I was very familiar with the Kimber sound. After switching the cables, the difference was very apparent.

    However, I have no idea how the balanced MITs would fare against their RCA sisters.
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