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Single ended or change to Balanced ?

I have a CD player that I really like and is single ended only. My ML 383 has Balanced or Single ended. Should I consider adding Balanced to my existing player or would I be just be wasting time and money on this? Comes down to the fact that I just want to try the Balanced on the 383 but for now I cannot do that. In the past when I have had players with Balanced I have heard the difference in most cases over single ended. I know this is not true with all players.
Thanks for any input you may have,
Dave
valleyplastic
rbstehno
1,467 posts
 
i have found if all the pieces are truly balanced, then you will hear a difference. also, balanced is better for long runs but only if your components are truly balanced.
majicjazz
66 posts
 
First of all balanced does not always sound better then single ended and many times it does not sound as good, depends on the equipment and the matching of that equipment. If your CD player is single ended you will be wasting your time and money using a balanced cable with an adapter and unless a cd player is truly balanced which yours is not, trying to convert it to balanced will be a waste of time and surely degrade the sound since a player to be truly balanced must be balanced throughout, not just at the output stage.Better to try a higher quality single ended interconnect or just leave everything alone.
Mike
mainer8
26 posts
 
I have a krell kav 300d that I connect to my krc3 though balanced cables - I had some problems with my balanced interconnects (some old MIT proline - the right cable just died), and switched to single ended cables for awhile - I was frankly pretty surprised at how much worse the single ended cables sounded compared to some pretty cheap blue jeans balanced interconnects that I just got. With the balanced the music is just much more "there" if that makes any sense.
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