Quote Originally Posted by Rothchild View Post
I'm somewhat bewildered by this, how can cable make 'night and day' differences and command ridiculous prices in an unbalanced format but 'not have a sound' if presented in a balanced format? (especially over the short distances we're talking about in terms of interconnects)

If this was actually the case why would hi end hi-fi manufacturers not take the opportunity to remove this variable from the quality of their gear and just make it all use balanced connectors?

Sorry op, I don't have a cable to lend you, but I am intrigued to see how this pans out.
Read Strat's post above yours for one technical reason.

Also the most cable and materials fanatic manufacturer I know (LFD) doesn't even make XLR cables anymore.