Disservice: XLR interconnects

I tried 25’ long XLR, Oppo 205 to preamp and or integrated amp. Either way, some weird noises occurred.

I tried short 6ft XLR Sony xa5400es, zero difference, I liked the locking connector, but no change in SQ. Didn’t notice any volume difference.

@rman9, I kid you not. It's actually almost disappointing because it means you have to consider paying a premium for every cable and interconnect. I bought a Hapa Aero USB Cable from a trusted poster over at Audio Circle. I got him down a bit because I said I cannot abide paying more than a certain amount for a USB cable. But dang if I didn't hear an immediate difference which was more detail in the upper range. I play music mostly from my computer which goes to my DAC (another thing I doubted made much difference and again was proven wrong) via USB. The other thing is that I use RCA cables from my DAC (iFi pro iDSD) to my integrated amp because it is a 15 foot run. When I ultimately retire and relocate everything, I can use the XLR cables. I don't want to buy a 20 foot premium XLR cable because that would be really expensive so I'll wait until it's only a 1 or 2 meter run.

Is this a thread sponsored by The Onion?

With xlr cables to truly get the most out of the all components.  All need to be Differentially balanced from input to output.

All cables should be treated as living breathing animals,every one is different.