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RCA and XLR on the same cable?

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I own an Anthem AVM-20 that has balanced outputs. My Hsu subwoofer has
only RCA inputs. Does an XLR->RCA cable offer any theoretical or
practical advantage, or should I save the money and just stick with
RCA->RCA ??

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Scott wrote:
> I own an Anthem AVM-20 that has balanced outputs. My Hsu subwoofer has
> only RCA inputs. Does an XLR->RCA cable offer any theoretical or
> practical advantage, or should I save the money and just stick with
> RCA->RCA ??

No advantage at all. The whole cable run will be unbalanced, and
depending on the design of the Anthem's output, you may well end up with
a worse result by grounding one of the outputs.

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