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    Help me understand the HD800 cable

    I don't believe in cable magic either. This is exactly why I feel burned by Sennheiser designing the cable in such a way that it is comparatively difficult to repair and replace and charging extravagant sums for their own replacement.
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    Help me understand the HD800 cable

    Answering myself: Yes, just connecting the two leads will get me audio. I connected the lines, which are really, really thin and makes just connecting them really difficult. Works and sounds great regardless of having no connection for the grounding wire.   The thinness of the cable is...
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    Help me understand the HD800 cable

    Actually, after researching it a bit, it seems like it's a bog-standard balanced cable design with two leads and a shield. I don't have equipment to take a picture at my current location but it's identical to this:     Should I have audio just connecting Line 1 and Line 2?
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    Help me understand the HD800 cable

    I forgot to clarify that each headphone receives this set of three wires separately.
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    Help me understand the HD800 cable

    I'm looking at one thick silver strand on the outside and two very tiny strands in the middle, isolated from everything else and colored white and red. If any of the three are disconnected, there's no audio whatsoever. What do you think is the function of each strand?
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    Can't hear the difference.

    I don't really believe that personally. I think it's a cop-out "believers" use. Especially since they seem to have such a hard time getting through the blind tests.
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    Can't hear the difference.

    I don't think anyone is challenging differences in actual transducers. Just the digital chain and possibly amplifiers as long as they're built towards transparency.
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    Can't hear the difference.

    I've currently got the Sennheiser HD-800 and the Objective 2 headphone amplifier.   I've always bought new stuff like amplifiers and DACs and always assumed and thought the music sounded different on the new thing. Then at some later date I would set up this test where I can listen...
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    What is the technical shortcoming of the Xonar ST/STX headphone amplifier?

    Thanks for your replies.   I'm interested in what performance metric specifically the STX is lacking in in the doubters' opinion. All the published and measured metrics seem to be between excellent to outstanding and I can't find the reason why an expensive full-sized amplifier would benefit...
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    What is the technical shortcoming of the Xonar ST/STX headphone amplifier?

      I realize discussions of soundcards should usually be in another area, but seeing as I am speaking specifically about it's headphone amplifier relative to other full-size amplifiers I felt this was the correct area.   The Xonar cards are often getting trashed here on the forums as not...
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    AMP A / B COMPARISONS

    The OP might, I don't. Nonetheless, he prompted me to properly test, through which I arrived at my own conclusion. 
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    AMP A / B COMPARISONS

    Inspired by this thread, I set up my PC and other gear so that I could switch between my Asus Xonar Essence STX's headphone out and Musical Fidelity V-DAC + Heed Canamp combo with only a ~2sec break in the music. I volume matched them with an SPL meter using a 1khz test tone. Listening was done...
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    Regarding the Akg k701 shy? sound

    I think the K701's have an in-your-face lower treble which makes it sound harsh and thin, yet it has very little upper treble presence which makes it lacking on airiness and sparkle. I had to bump up the 16khz notch by 4db on my K701's to make the upper treble come out like it does on the...
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    HD800 Price Hike

    Quote: Way to impose your opinion as fact.
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    AKG K702 - Initial Impressions (hint: not great so far)

    Gridlock, you described in perfect detail in your opening post everything I find wrong about my K701's. The lack of bass, the midrange thinness, the recessed upper treble which is compounded by the in-your-face lower treble. I switched over to the HD650's and it did all of those areas better...
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