VAC Owners: Balanced or Single-Ended Cables???

I am using around 23 feet RCA-RCA Kubala Emotion,
that I have used from my Messenger pre to Vac
Rennaisance amp. This was for a short period, but had
no negatives I heard. I have ordered a Phi 300.1, so I
will hopefully be able to chime back in here soon.
I have been looking for a short K-S 2.0 meter run on
the Gon to experiment and see if the long RCA has any
negative effects. I dont want to start a new subject,
but this would involve moving my 40" rack with TT in
between my speakers. This seems to be configuration
that most use in order to avoid long RCA runs like mine.
My preamp is RCA only and is a keeper for now,
so balanced is not an option. FWIW, the Messenger seems
to have little trouble driving long RCA runs. The preamp
may be another variable as far as longer RCA runs go.

Kevin said to try both, which I did. Balanced was a little "quieter" due to some system noise that is now eliminated. Single-ended seem a little more palpable to me. Currently using Nirvana SX Ltd balanced between my VAC amp and pre-amp. By the end of the week, will be using Synergistic Precision Reference single ended, in conjunction with a number of other SR cables. I heard these in my system last week and was very impressed by the increased transparency, layering and imaging that I heard. The Nirvana were very good - the PR is just a little better fit with the other SR cords that will soon be in my system.

Flplanner- I see you are going away from the VD cables= Can you share why and what led you to the SR'S?? I just got the VAC 160's and alpha pre and am looking for the right interconnect- thanks-

Bebop86 - if you send me an e-mail, I will be happy to share my experiences - don't want to hijack this thread.

FWIW, new cables just got put in (Except spkr cables) and am going RCA between amp and pre - the sound is glorious and NOTHING is broken in yet!! I would say unless you have a noisy system or a long run, RCAs would be the way to go - a little more immediacy is what I am hearing.