I too have Pass gear now. Pair of XA 160.8s and a XP 20 that I bought from Mark. I also have a Xono phonostage that I bought from Mark 10-11 yrs ago. The Xono has balanced inputs and outputs.
Now that I found the appropriate Balanced ICs to use with my Pass gear; I am very happy with my system.
I am planning on the purchase of a Technics 10R with a Tri-planar 12” arm terminated with XLRs.
I am not a technical guy and would like to know if having the Tri-planar terminated with XLRs will give me the benefits that using XLRs from the Xono > XP20 > XA 160.8s has?
Will I continue to get the noise rejection, low level detail etc. by having the Tri-planar terminated with XLRs?
I am surprised that the new Pass phono stages do not have balanced in/outs.
Now that I found the appropriate Balanced ICs to use with my Pass gear; I am very happy with my system.
I am planning on the purchase of a Technics 10R with a Tri-planar 12” arm terminated with XLRs.
I am not a technical guy and would like to know if having the Tri-planar terminated with XLRs will give me the benefits that using XLRs from the Xono > XP20 > XA 160.8s has?
Will I continue to get the noise rejection, low level detail etc. by having the Tri-planar terminated with XLRs?
I am surprised that the new Pass phono stages do not have balanced in/outs.