What are XLR inputs??

There was a thread on this;just 10 days ago.I'll do a recap for ya. It went something like this: Everybody seemed to agree;bal. is better. ( IF ) everthing is bal, /from start to finish. Some equipment is only balance "pass- thru " If everything is bal. capable /do the bal. thing /no adapters/ it will be/sound better.

HI Willyb XLR is the term used when a component is a balanced inputs. The cable in question looks nothing like a rca cable. You will see instead three male ends of three female ends depending on whats going where. As for differences I have heard balanced is a little less noiser but unless you are running long runs or your gear is all balanced(inputs,outputs)rcas are the more common connectors. Hope this helps.

Willy, did you send me an e-mail about my BAT VK-200? It has only balanced inputs, which means you will need a preamp with balanced outputs or an adapter that goes from RCA (single-ended) to XLR (balanced) to put between your preamp and BAT. A system which combines balanced and single-ended (XLR and RCA) will not sound as good as one that is all balanced. It will not necessarily sound worse than one that is all single-ended, but it might. The true advantage of using balanced connections is the cancellation of noise induced in a long run of interconnect.