Help! EMU 1212M Soundcard to Parasound P3 - Balanced or unbalanced??

[thunderstorm77]

Hi

I want to hook a EMU 1212M soundcard (which has 1/4 jack balanced output) to my Parasound P3 preamp (which has XLR balanced inputs). I also plan to connect the P3 to a balanced poweramp, the Parasound A23.

How shall I do this to get the best sound? Shall I use a 1/4 jack to XLR adaptor? Will the signal then be balanced all the way?

Thanks!

 

[bandphan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_audio