Single ended to XLR adapter

I believe Parasound states that there is no difference in sonics from using either one.............

Braro, what you purpose will actually harm the quality.

Converting RCA to XLR by adaptor alone (as opposed to doing it via TRUE balanced circuit) only adds another connector between your interconnect cable and the input stage of the Parasound.

Adaptors make sense when you own an expensive interconnect cable and opt for adaptor in place of paying for re termination or replacing with a whole new cable.

If I'm not mistaken the Parasound's are not true balanced designs anyway. It should only make a negative difference.

Bignerd 100- Thats what I thought also. But many Jc-1 owners swear they sound much better with balanced connection. Bob Crump of CTC builders (one of the JC1 designers) also claims they do sound better balanced. I guess what Im getting at is; If the JC1s are not a true balanced design yet they supposedly sound much better using the XLR inputs then could it just be a matter of better quality parts being used for the XLR inputs (or something along those lines) and not have anything to do with true balanced design? This is why Im wondering maybe in this case using the XLR adapters may be advantageous.

Thanks

I agree with Albertporter that adding adaptors simpy adds more connection points (and opportunity for degradation).

That said, if it were me, I'd have to know just to satisfy my own curiousity.

If you want to do a cheap experiment, go to Markertek (www.markertek.com) and purchase a set of interconnects that have RCAs on one end, and XLRs on the other. A pair will set you back about $15. The connectors are fairly high quality--they appear to be Canare and the cable itself is probably Belden.

I was using this from my Marantz SA 8260 SACD player to feed my balance input on my BAT VK3i pre-amp until I built my own custom interconnects. Truth to be told, I couldn't discern a difference of any significance, but my ears are 43 years old.