Peabody's New Crown Jewel

[Mr Peabody]

I got my XLR's in from Anticable, I have to say I didn't expect a big difference here but boy was I wrong. I inserted the XLR and left the RCA in place so I could A/B with the push of a button, obviously there had to be a bit of adjusting for volume but it only took me one brief back & forth to tell there was no contest and the XLR were worth the money. Maybe it's this particular gear, or perhaps I didn't recognize the significance of the difference on prior gear. Now I am fully balanced from CDP to preamp to power amp. My system has now taken a step up in realism, vocals seem more human and in the room, the bass is different, less bloom but more detailed and physical. I know I've probably said something similar in the past regarding other set ups but I am thrilled with what I am hearing now.

[harley .guy07]

Very good. I tried the Balanced XLR from my Nuforce to my Pass when I first got it and I thought it was kind of shouty sounding in my opinion but I was not using the quality of cable that you are speaking of. I just thought that it did not have the balance of sound that was as good as the RCA, but I have not tried it since I have upgraded to the NuWave DAC. Maybe some day when I have the time to listen I will try the XLR cables again to see how they do now. It could be just that the BLue Jeans XLR cables just do not have synergy with my gear and something like the Anti-cables could in fact work good and give me more of the good things I am hearing now in my system.