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Originally Posted by Rayooo
In my opinion.... 
From a purely technical point of view, if your preamp has a true differential input buffer, it would in fact right there cancel any noise picked up between your DAC's output and preamp's input. The question would be "how much noise is picked up in that short run?".
From an Audiophile-Nervosa point of view, if you've got'em, use 'em...If I had a balanced DAC output, and Preamp inputs, I'd use the balanced connection...just because.
In actuality, the run from preamp to active speakers, assuming a longer cable run, might just benefit from balanced vs unbalanced, IF of course the speakers had true differential inputs.  |
thanks for that Rayooo! unfortunately, the dynaudio focus 110 only comes with single-ended inputs. maybe a new model will come with both balanced/unbalanced inputs (their pro studio monitor comes with both)