XLR or single ended cables and why?

Reb1208 and Andrewdoan, my statement was copied directly from the Cobalt Cable website. Any errors are due to the info published by Blue Jeans Cable...

Tvad:

my statement was copied directly from the Cobalt Cable website. Any errors are due to the info published by Blue Jeans Cable...

It's sad that it was written in the first place and even more so that it makes the average person believe such nonsense - and quote it!
Not your fault, but it's not a good thing...

If nothing else, it convinces me that not all cable manufacturers...or perhaps just the marketing departments...know what the hell they are talking about. I'll certainly cross Cobalt Cable off my list of potential suppliers.

Tvad, I talked to one of the cable tech.rep last week and you were right on the fact that they did not know for sure what the heck they are talking abt. As a consumer, the " I think..." does not not worth a "shot" to me. They dance around the issues as good as their sales rep.

Well, the concept of noise reduction is the basic theme of XLR/balanced cable, and that point is the "take away" regardless of how badly anyone messes up the explanation of how it is achieved. At least, that's my approach as an end user. If I owned equipment that was all truly balanced, I'm certain I'd use balanced cabling. However, as it stands, I use all single ended cabling, and I have absolutely no issues with noise due to the RCA interconnects.