How to convert VPI turntable to banlanced?

Seamaster, Do you own a balanced phono stage? If not, don't bother with the rest of it. You will gain nothing but complexity. See my post above. Your cartridge is an inherently balanced source, but it doesn't know or care whether it is driving a single-ended or balanced phono stage. In the former case, one side is connected to ground. In the latter case, that side is now connected to a second amplification stage as the "negative" half of the signal.

Lewm, to be technically correct:
In a single-ended setup, in which (in each channel) one of the pins of the cartridge is connected to ground, the phono stage amplifies the signal present at the other pin of the cartridge with reference to ground. In a balanced setup, in which none of the pins of the cartridge is connected to ground, the phono stage amplifies the difference signal between the two pins of the cartridge; no reference to ground is present. That's the advantage of going balanced: No reference to ground with all the noise, grunge... present there.

Thanks guys. I will have a ture balanced phono. My CDP, preamp, kt88 mono all balanced.

Dear Romaxin, So where did I go wrong in your mind, except that my explanation was not as detailed as yours?

Scousepast, do ou mean that the JPS IC is better then Nordost or that JPS also makes tonearm cable?

Does anyone know of some truely balanced phono amps? In the past I have been looking at the CEC PH53. But I'm not sure about that one. Also as far as I know the Blue Amp Surzur and the Model 42 are balanced but those are outside of my budget range.