XLR to RCA cable purpose

[AVDB]

Why do manufacturers like AudioQuest build and sell cables with a balanced (XLR) plug on one end and a unbalanced (RCA) plug on the other? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the actual function of the XLR cable?

 

[Nicholas]

 

[reeman]

 

[chrisc]

 

[AVDB]

 

[chrisc]

 

[Rotelman]

 

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