The whole point to balanced connections is noise rejection, yes? So what if your listening environment has very low RFI / EMI noise to begin with? And all your cable lengths are short (1M max), and all your cables are shielded?
I don't see the value to balanced interconnects unless you're talking long cable runs of many meters, or high electrical noise environments.
Obviously, listening is a subjective thing, but my unbalanced system has the deepest blackest silence I've heard. Crank the volume on the amp to maximum and you still can't hear *any* noise from the speakers from just 10 cm away!!
I don't see the value to balanced interconnects unless you're talking long cable runs of many meters, or high electrical noise environments.
Obviously, listening is a subjective thing, but my unbalanced system has the deepest blackest silence I've heard. Crank the volume on the amp to maximum and you still can't hear *any* noise from the speakers from just 10 cm away!!