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In Reply to: RE: Schiit Jotunheim-R @$800 is a screaming deal then posted by RhythmDevil on May 07, 2020 at 13:11:50
in order to squeeze out that last 10%, better headphones cables do make a difference. Unfortunately, Raal is using different pinouts for their connectors than customary, not to mention using female XLR connectors at cable-end instead of male.
This makes it very difficult to use expensive aftermarket headphone cables you already own with Raal.I had to unsolder the wire from the ring of TRS connector and make/buy 4-pin female XLR to female XLR adapter(different pinout) to use my OCC pure silver litz headphone cable (Hifiman standard) with Raal, but it sure brought significant SQ improvements over stock cables.
Edits: 05/07/20Follow Ups:
Hey Jon, those cables look familiar. Glad that it worked out for you!
Steve
Haha. And coincidentally the Norne cable cover matches the carbon pattern on the Raal 'phone!
Conventional headphones will NOT like being connected to these "direct drive" amps. Using the opposite sex connector keeps you from doing bad things to your other headphones.
Reasonable people disagree on how much difference cables make. I have to wonder how much difference a home-brew adapter makes; it adds two connectors and their associated impedance mismatches to the chain. But if it sounds "better" to you, then who am I to say? Enjoy!
Cerebrate!
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