For people that have both cables and have heard them side by side, which one do you prefer and why?
Let me start by saying that for me, it depends on the system's synergy. The general difference that I find in both are that the stock cables are more natural sounding although slightly less "whole" sounding than the hd650 cables when used on my hd580s. Depending on the crossfeed software/amp/source I use, my preferences may sway from one to the other.
I know its not really a valid test but just for the heck of it I did a comparison of the cables out of the ipods headphone jack. The hd650 cable shows the slowness of my hd580s sound more and drowns out the mids a little. If I were to pick a winner when driven unamped out of the ipod, I'd choose the Stock Cable!
Out of my LD mk2 and valab dac, it depends on the crossfeed circuit I'm using as to which cable I prefer.
I will update this thread when I get my uDac and see what I think of both cables out of its Headphone jack too.
Let me start by saying that for me, it depends on the system's synergy. The general difference that I find in both are that the stock cables are more natural sounding although slightly less "whole" sounding than the hd650 cables when used on my hd580s. Depending on the crossfeed software/amp/source I use, my preferences may sway from one to the other.
I know its not really a valid test but just for the heck of it I did a comparison of the cables out of the ipods headphone jack. The hd650 cable shows the slowness of my hd580s sound more and drowns out the mids a little. If I were to pick a winner when driven unamped out of the ipod, I'd choose the Stock Cable!
Out of my LD mk2 and valab dac, it depends on the crossfeed circuit I'm using as to which cable I prefer.
I will update this thread when I get my uDac and see what I think of both cables out of its Headphone jack too.
