Mejames is right on the money I think BAT added RCA connections for ease of use. Having had and still have BAT products, they sound better run balanced.
Simply put it was designed to be used balanced and using it unbalanced is a compromise for the intendid use. When I tried some single ended cables I noticed, lower dynamics, decreased warmth(it sounded cold and sterile), it lacked the sense of control in particular at lower levels(aka ease of presentation). I am sure there are other changes it is possible it did something better, but to me what ever that may have been was not worth all that was lost so I didn't spend a lot of time trying to make it work.
So, Tireguy, and I appreciate your comments here, would you say that a BAT preamp, for instance, would be a poor choice unless all of your other components were cable of being run with balanced connections (i.e. amp and phonostage)?
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