Ignoring the EF6 for a moment - your question was answered below - I would draw your attention to this from Donald North on the design of his Sonett tube amp. This has little to do with the EF6, but your question seems to crop up all over the net whenever someone sees XLR connections on a single-ended amp.
[size=x-small]Some comments about balanced headphone drive[/size]
[size=x-small]I am frequently asked why the balanced output version does not include balanced inputs. This is because balanced inputs are not necessary to provide balanced headphone drive. Being a single ended amplifier, all it needs for input is a single ended (unbalanced) signal. The Sonett operates single ended triode with transformer loading the plate of the 6H30 amplification tube. The secondary windings on the output transformers are center tapped (and grounded for safety), thereby providing a true, differential, balanced output. Thus, you get balanced drive without the complexity from additional balanced input circuitry or input transformers. Again, the simpler - the better.[/size]
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