Need 25 foot interconnects

I have been presented with this issue a number of times. You are doing a split in the right place. I have done both RCA and XLR. I would recommend the highest quality of RCA you can afford. I know this is painful. I do not recommend adding any converters. Native single ended is very very likely to sound the best, certainly at 25’.

Your system is going to sound much better getting the chest out from in between your speakers. I suspect if you hang a really thick rug below the windows, that will greatly improve imaging. Tube traps in the corners would probably also significantly improve the sound. An area rug in front of speakers until nearly your listening chair. Little corner traps (cheap and innocuous.

Also, this gives you the option of using super short speaker cables… this is reported to me by some folks I really respect to slow a really big jump in performance. You have to use a really short, high quality speaker cable… 1.5’ or maybe two feet. It is supposed to really improve the presence of the system. Something I have wanted to try, but never have been able to.

Mogami XLR cable is about as inexpensive as you can get, and still get decent quality. Probably cheaper than a lot of RCA cabling.

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You need balanced amps to make any difference with balanced cables. Necessity is determined by RF noise in your playback space and sensitivity to it of your electronics.

You need balanced amps to make any difference with balanced cables. Necessity is determined by RF noise in your playback space and sensitivity to it of your electronics.

100% totally agree. Those 25' length RCA cables are going to make great RFI & EMI receiving antennas. My rule of thumb is 3' or less when it comes to RCA cable lengths. 

My advice:  Try the unbalanced with cheap RCA cables first.  if the noise is acceptable then you can upgrade.  If on the other hand it's a noisy mess, you are going to have to find something better.