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Bryston owners

How many run their amps in balanced mode? The lab report on my unit showed less noise in balanced mode. I have tried it with Mogami interconnects with my current 14b3 and the 14bsst that my son has now. My listening results always choose the regular unbalanced mode. I hear more distortion. With it balanced. I have some better cables ordered. Zaolla silverline. Do most come to the same conckusion?
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blueranger OP
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Ok thanks for the responses.
audioconnection
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(((I find that I have to turn the volume knob to around 3 o'clock for the same volume I had with the BP25 and 14bsst which was at 1:00. Both using unbalanced with the higher gain settings. Is this normal?))))

It's actually an advantage that you are higher up on the Volume control.
 VCs sound better when they are almost out of the system.
By you having to go higher its almost out of the system as an influence of less noise better sound.
   Best JohnnyR
luxmancl38
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I use both on my 2.5 SST 2. My Luxman CL 38U-SE has only RCA inputs and no HT pass through. So I use the RCA's for that preamp. For movies I use balanced cables for my Krell Showcase. All I have to do is hit the switch behind the amp to activate either system.
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