I am thinking about buying a balanced headphone cable using Neotech UPOCC silver for my Hifiman Ananda, and there are the options of 4 x 27AWG Litz Type 2 or 8 x 27 AWG Litz Type 2. The 27 awg wire seems a bit thin and doubling the cores (i.e. 8 x 27 awg) will make it equivalent to 4 x 24 awg...

Hello all, I need some XLR cables to connect my new stack comprising a Gustard X26pro DAC, Topping A90 balanced headphone amp/ preamp and my Neumann KH80 DSP active speakers which takes XLR input. I need a short pair (1m or less) to connect the DAC to the Preamp, and a longer one (3m) for...

Dear all, I am considering the purchase of second DAC/ headphone amp stack, I have shortlisted my choices to the following: DAC: 1. Topping D70s MQA ($649. Reviews stated much improvement over the older D70. Dual AKM 4497, warmer and nuanced sound) 2. Topping D90 ($749, single AKM 4499, very...

Hello all, I'm a newbie headfier and there is so much to learn here. I enjoy the ifi micro iDSD Signature for my Sennheiser hd660s and Hifiman Ananda. However, since the iDSD Signature only has line RCA outputs, I need to build my second stack for my Neumann KH 80 DSP active speakers which only...

Glad to join this community. My humble setup: ifi IDSD Signature Sennheiser HD660s Neumann KH80 DSP Cheers.