Hi again Steve.
I took a look and I cannot find a way to request the changes to the jacks you suggest and as I have no idea beyond a very rudimentary layman’s understanding of this I’ll pass and wait until I’ve […]

Thanks Steve. Much appreciated.

Happy to pitch in. The human voice as instrument.

Oops. Sorry I’m not one of the gang.

I meant to ask Gary. Which model of Sennheiser? I considered buying a the HD 660S but the Sundara were cheaper especially second hand so I went with them.

I agree with you both.
Although altering speaker positions and acoustical room treatments are both redundant strategies when it comes to headphones.
I took a fairly long while positioning my speakers and yes […]

Hi Gary
I checked them out and one I think was called Cosmic Cables. My amp is balanced but it doesn’t have a balanced headphone socket on the fascia just balanced connections on the rear. I suppose I could use […]

I am hopeful of Mr. Fiio helping me out of my cable hell or I may have to take up a less stressful hobby such as serial killing or amateur whaling.

I only ever listen to headphones when I am completely naked and slathered in I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.
They sound better that way so microphonic noise caused by rubbing up against braided cables isn’t an […]

Hi Leeds.
I tried a cable made of the same wire and sheath a while ago for a different reason. It’s not good. It looks and feels fine but for some reason it doesn’t sound right. It robbed the sound of dynamics, […]

I can hear the difference between a decently made cable and a badly constructed one. It’s probably caused by a lack of decent shielding in one rather than the other. It’s worth paying a little more for good build […]

Oh I know that Fitter. I wasn’t having a poke at you my friend. My comment was made knowing that you and I would be in harmony on such insanity.

I do look at really high end kit occasionally just for shits & giggles.
It’s another world.

Here it is.

I know little of these things of which you speak. I plug things in and hope they work.
I did see a video on YouTube when I was doing my due diligence on these and a couple of other headphones I was considering, […]

Hi Fitter.
Blimey Kimber cables are properly extortionate are they not. I suppose if you can afford a few thousand for a pair of headphones maybe that wouldn’t be a concern but my pockets are rather more shallow […]

Ah I see. Yes that will work. The Cable From Hell that they supply has that arrangement except the two plugs at the headphone end have two rings but I don’t suppose that matters. Is that TTRS?

This is both. Short and crap. It is the Mark Francois of the cable world.

Thanks Steve. I’m not sure right angled plugs will fit. The connections on the earcups are positioned slightly forward so they are not completely on the underside of the headphones. The plugs on the stock lead fit […]

I agree but that does seem to be what the average cost is from the sites I visited. I still use Bluetooth when on the rare occasions I’m ‘outside’ but when at home I’m a wired sort of a guy.
If only Hifiman […]