Balanced to unbalanced cables for subwoofer?

[olds1959special]

To avoid using splitters, I used balanced to unbalanced cables out of my DAC to connect my subwoofers. Is this okay? Will sound quality suffer?

 

[staticV3]

Will sound quality suffer?

Yes:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...10-balanced-review-usb-dac.25094/post-1247916
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-pre90-review-preamplifier.18283/post-1803258
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/okto-8-owner’s-thread.13899/post-2183137

Noise, distortion, and DC offset increase with passive conversion to SE.

 

[Devnull]

Yes:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...10-balanced-review-usb-dac.25094/post-1247916
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-pre90-review-preamplifier.18283/post-1803258
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/okto-8-owner’s-thread.13899/post-2183137

Noise, distortion, and DC offset increase with passive conversion to SE.

There's a big difference between measurable and audible. And if it's not audible it hasn't impacted the sound quality.

 

[olds1959special]

There's a big difference between measurable and audible. And if it's not audible it hasn't impacted the sound quality.

Actually it did sound worse.

 

[wwenze]

How does a single balanced connection become two single ended connections without splitters?

 

[Sokel]

There's a big difference between measurable and audible. And if it's not audible it hasn't impacted the sound quality.

SQ is only one of the worries.
The other one is the device going doorstop.

 

[Devnull]

How does a single balanced connection become two single ended connections without splitters?

S+ and GND to one sub
S- and GND to second sub and then invert the signal at the sub. Failure to invert the signal will kill overall sound quality