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sound improvement with a DAC using XRL out over a CD player using RCA
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The DAC might make a difference but the change to an XLR will not.
It is not the XLR connector that makes the difference; it is the BALANCED CABLE CONNECTION and the balanced CIRCUITRY in the equipment at both ends that happens to use XLR connectors that is the difference.
To have a balanced circuit, you need a source that puts out a balanced signal, a balanced cable, and an amplifier with balanced input circuitry to connect it to.
You have the amp with a balanced input.
What you need is a player like the OPPO BDP-105 that has a high-quality balanced output, to connect to it with a balanced cable.
Only then will you get the benefits of a balanced circuit.
P.S.- The OPPO BDP-105 has an excellent DAC built into it, as well as a dozen other circuits and features, and is one of the best sounding players you can buy for under $8K. It is a bargain at $1200.