In Reply to: Hi-End Headphone Cables posted by Duster on September 28, 2020 at 17:29:13:
In my case, I purchased after-market headphone cables because:
(a) to my ears, my head amps sound best via the balanced outputs, and
(b) to my ears, my headphones sound best via balanced connections.
YMMV.
So, I did some research on what cables other people found pleasing with the two sets of headphones that I use (HD-650, HD-800). I ended up with silver cables for one, and copper cables for the other; feel free to conjecture about which with which. :)
Such cables end up being a little spendy relative to the cost of the headphones themselves, but that is the nature of a bespoke set of cables. They were in the range of $250-300. They made a small but noticeable improvement over the OEM baseline; whether metallurgy or balanced operation is responsible is open to debate.
In any case, I no longer have any audio nervosa regarding the cabling. As the old saying goes: "A man with one watch always knows the time, a man with two watches is never sure."
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- "Cables end up being a little spendy relative to the cost of the headphones" - Jon L 19:56:54 09/30/20 (0)