What phono preamps are balanced

What dop you wan to spend?And you can get XLR terminated phono cables run into balanced Phono (if it has in's many like like the PS GCPH are out only so balanced cicutry isn't thier just ability to run long distance to amp.The thing that you don't want to do is go (according to Holt or whoever wrote the Stereophile Guide To Hi-End) is go from unbalanced to banced to un to balanced.Once say from your pre to amp is ok just you are ebtter off with RCA's only instead of converting it to many times.But with some company's like BAT (BALANCED Audio Technology) and some others everything is true balanced all the way though.When I had a Nelson Pass designed Adcom all XLR and balanced rig (CD/Pre/AMP) I thought about converting my phono cable and looking for a balanced circut phono but that limits you,costs and I sold Adcom rig before it became issue.If I had speakers far off I'd keep everything un-balanced and just get true balanced pre and amp or intgerated or just go unbalnced all the way.yes theoretically it's better and on some equipemnt l;ike krell it's all balanced but it's not necessary given how ling most IC to amp connections are.Phone company and others use because for extremely l;ong runs you must.Go for better gear and don't obsesse on balanced if it's not the sound you want or causes you to deny kids college.
Chazz

Pedrillo asked, "Which phono preamps have balanced in?"

The Aesthetix Io.

Here is a list of all the balanced phono stages which have balanced circuitry not just the xlr connectors and/or transformer coupling that I have found, please feel free to add others or make corrections:
Aesthetix io (tube)
Aesthetix Rhea (tube)
Aqvox 2ci (ss)
Arc ph2 (ss)
Arc ref2 (tube)
Asr Basis exclusive (ss)
Atma-sphere mp1 (tube)
Atma-sphere mp3 (tube)
Ayre p-5x (ss)
Bat VK-P10 (tube)
Clearaudio Balanced Reference (?)
Ear 324 (ss)
Einstein tt choice (ss)
Essential 3150
Jeff Rowland Cadence (ss)
Pass Xono (ss)
PS Audio gcph (ss)
Simaudio lp5.3 (ss)

Those that are not balanced circuit but have xlr outputs:
cary ph 302
K&K Audio (tube)
Again feel free to point out errors.

And here is a list of line stages with true balanced circuits.

** denotes balanced from input to output.
? denotes not known whether balanced throughout.

?Accuphase C-2810 (2 xlr)
?Accuphase C-2410 (2 xlr)
**Aestehtix Janus (2 xlr) 6.5
**Aesthetix Calypso (2 xlr) 4.5
**AtmaSphere Music Preamplifier MP3 (option) 4.7
**AtmaSphere New Music Preamplifier MP1 Mk. III (option) 13
Audio Horizons TP 2.1 (option) 2.0
**Audio Research LS26 (2 xlr) 6.0
**Audio Research Reference 3 (2 xlr) 10
**Audio Research Reference 5 (2 xlr) 12
Audionet Pre G2 (2 xlr)
Audiovalve Eklipse (unbalanced at 1 xlr) 4.6
**Ayre KX-R (2 xlr) 18
**BAT 51 SE (? xlr) 9
**BAT 52 SE (2 xlr) 10
**BAT REX (2 xlr) 20
?Belles 28A (No info, The 21 has 1 xlr unbalanced)
**Cary slp05 (on special order) 7.5
**Classe CP700 (2 xlr) 7
**Classe CP500 (1xlr) 3.5
?Esoteric C03 PreAmp (new)(1 xlr output)
?Jeff Rowland Capri (option? 1 Bal-XLR, 1 Unb-RCA std) 2.7
?Jeff Rowland Concerto (std) 3.9
?Jeff Rowland Criterion (std) 18
?Herron Audio (not balanced)
**Mcintosh C500 (2 xlr) c500t 12
?Music First Audio MK II Preamplifier (TVC)
?Music First Audio Reference Preamplifier (TVC, Appears to have 2 xlr)
?Pass Labs XP20 (1 xlr) 8.6
?Plinius Tautoro (2 xlr) 8.3
Promitheus Audio Reference Ccore TVC (option)
?Rogue Audio Hera (2 xlr)
**SimAudio P7 5.5
**Simaudio P8 (2 xlr) 11
?Sonic Frontiers Line3 5
?Sonic Frontiers line3 se 6
?Supratek Dual Cabernet (appears as 1 xlr)
**VAC Phi Beta (2 xlr) 15
**VTL 7.5 (2 xlr) 10
**VTL 7.5 sII 16
**?YS Audio BALANCED A2 Se (2 xlr) 1.5

This is a list with fully balanced pre's noted by the asterisk.
Please feel free to correct any mistakes, I visited the websites of these companies to assertain the fully balanced feature.

ASR Basis Exclusive , Balanced in and out. The latest version is great.