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Fanmusic Cable for Sennheiser HD 800

Dec 27, 2015

I don't want to insult anyone's intelligence, but numbers talk and should be self explanatory. If you have a balanced amp, this cable is much much much much much much much much much much much cheaper than the official cables Sennheiser sells themselves. ex: http://en-de.sennheiser.com/news-the-ultimate-in-listening-pleasure-the-new-sennheiser-high-end-cables-
$380 for the CH 800 S is what I'm seeing everywhere right now. $320 for the CH 700 S. $240 for the CH 650 S.
Piss take comments on this cable being expensive are null imo. I won't comment on how it sounds due to not owning one. However, if you have a balanced amp and dac, you should see benefits from running fully balanced (which this cable can provide) depending on the amp and its design. I suppose that if you don't own a balanced capable setup, an HD800 and/or your stock cable isn't damaged or lost, save your money.
Not much else to say. OFC vs. OCC, OCC wins objectively. Whether or not you can hear the difference, that's up to the individual.
note: you can always reterminate the stock cable. ex: http://www.head-fi.org/t/490316/re-terminating-the-sennheiser-hd-800-cable-to-balanced#post_6620771

Dec 27, 2015

chris.yw

Dec 29, 2015

socks_OCDI really think you should check out ADL if you end up buying from international vendor. In Japan those are very price friendly (around $200 USD) and of high quality. Sennheiser is always over-priced.
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/e-earphone/4580370440133/
Massdrop should pay more attention to those Japanese products and vendors. ADL belongs to Furutech. They are one of the the main manufacturers of cable. http://www.adl-av.com/products/cables/headphone/

Dec 29, 2015

Uzuzu

1431

Dec 30, 2015

socks_OCDObjectively speaking, OFC is better because it is cheaper and you can't hear the difference between it and OCC. Every time. Even on systems costing 10s of thousands of dollars A/B'ing over weeks you can't tell a difference. Stop spreading Snake-Oil. Now I'll admit these are a decent made cable. Decent.

Dec 30, 2015