Disservice: XLR interconnects

As always, Ralph-@atmasphere, gives the best advice.

FWIW, I bought a 25 foot run of his Mogami cable when I got his amps and preamp.

My dealer suggested moving to AQ, so I did, (as I respect his opinion).

Long story short, I noticed very little difference between the two cables- except the price. 

So, the takeaway is that if the equipment supports the AES standard, cables will not result in changes in sound reproduction.

Bob

@atmasphere - Thank you for your detailed response Ralph. Just an FYI while I've got you here: I've always wanted to own one of your amplifiers but with retirement just around the corner I think I may have to wait for my next life! 

@ditusa  - thank you Mike for your article as well.

I did find through this information that my XLR interconnects are AES48 compliant.

I too have learned that even if something has balanced jacks or connectors, doesn't mean it is actually a balanced circuit.  The connectors can have one of the pins dead, passing the signal on the other two pins.  Learned the hard way on that a few years back.

@navyachts,

You're welcome! 👍

Mike