XLR vs.1/4"?

[Dumby]

How great is the difference when recording using the XLR jacks instead of the standard 1/4" on everything...I"m a wondering because is it worth spending the extra money on the podxt pro(rack) vs. the podxt live(floor pedal) just to get the XLR jacks?

And when connecting V-Drums to an amp that has XLR jacks...The drum brain is connected to the amp with a 1/4" jack, and the amp to the studio directly with an XLR...does it make it pointless to use the XLR after because there is a 1/4" connection first?--------(V-Drums-1/4" to amp-XLR to studio board in that order if I'm confusing you)

On a microphone also.

Please reply if you've upgraged to XLR's from 1/4" and let me know you're thoughts and results! Thanks alot!
Dumby

[PHILANDDON]

Since no one else is biiting, here goes:

An XLR cable is electronically the same as a quarter inch cable so long as the quarter inch cable is balanced-- i.e. a TRS cable ("Tip, Ring, Sleeve").

If the equipment you're using doesn't require balanced connections then you can use an unbalanced quarter-inch cable (i.e. a TS or "Tip, Sleeve" cab;e), or an RCA cable. Cables such as these should work just fine so long as your lines (i.e. cable runs) aren't VERY long.