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XLR/RCA dilemma

With 5-series Ayre components, the idea of running balanced from disc player through preamp to amp is appealing, but it doesn't provide for bass management.  At the cost of interrupting that balanced link, I can add a bass manager that high-passes to a pair of KEF LS50s, a move claimed to improve their sound.  Is that likely to be a worthwhile tradeoff?

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gdnrbob
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Spinal surgery---Ouch!
I hope you feel better, soon.
Bob
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stringreen
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Personally I would retain the Ayre purity using balanced connections and finding a better way.  I have an all Ayre system balanced from cartridge/CD player through amp and am very satisfied. 
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dbphd OP
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I had two or three days of discomfort after the surgery, but no discomfort since.  Residual challenge has been tapering from the opiate, Narco, but I'm in the second week of a four week plan and it seems to be going well.

I'm conceptually committed to using balanced connections for the Ayre setup.  Charles Hanson seems to place considerable value in doing so.

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sc53
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Can't you use a REL sub that has the Neutrik connector with speaker-level connectors to your amp? That is what I have always used when I have had Ayre + sub in my system. 
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