Balanced v RCA

[Edmund-of-Essex]

Please have a look at some of the past threads addressing your question.

DIN vs. RCA - an ageless favourite!

To make balanced worthwhile you really have to design everything in the electronics to be balanced throughout, otherwise you add extra circuitry and cost for no benefit; even then, the main advantage is really only seen when you use long interconnects - this why many Stateside amps are balanced, as their philosophy is long i/cs and short speaker cables. Naim is the opposite, preferring to keep i/cs short and speaker cables long (indeed they need to be long). Neither is absolutely right or wron…

If, after reviewing the past information available, feel free to update any further question you might have.

FYI, presently I am evaluating the difference between RCA and XLR interconnect into my Power Amplifiers on a 7m long cable run.