Some questions:   1) Are balanced cables simply a function of what connector you choose? Or is the whole length of the cable built from ground-up to be balanced?   2) How do adapters work? I am guessing you cannot use an adapter to go from single-ended to balanced. But you can use an adapter...

Hello, I'm making my first foray, well not into high end audio, but out of low end audio on my pc. So I ordered up a Modi 2 U / Magni 2 U stack. (They just shipped today.) Grado sr80es are the best headphones I own and I need to upgrade, I'm in the process of reading through threads here to...