Best cable for HD650s

[Borat]

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Originally Posted by TheSloth My Cardas cable arrived today from Headroom and I LOVE it. The fit and finish is just first rate - that 1/4in plug is huge!. The first thing I noticed was the smell. Yes, the smell. I love it! Anyone else enjoy the smell of that sky blue teflon?!

I know what you mean. Unfortunately, my Cardas is going over 1 month old and the smell is almost all but gone.

Did you get the black heatshrink or the old gray style?

 

[TheSloth]

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Originally Posted by Borat I know what you mean. Unfortunately, my Cardas is going over 1 month old and the smell is almost all but gone. Did you get the black heatshrink or the old gray style?

Black with gold lettering. Yummy...

 

[saint.panda]

I especially liked the Zu Mobius and Headphile V2 in my system with a Corda HA-2 amp. The Silver Dragon can also sound marvelous with a synergistic front end but a tad to dry in others. I think with cables it's mostly trial and error; hard to predict the outcome without first-hand (and long-time!) experience in your own setup.

I'd say that from the cables I've tried, the Zu Mobius and Silver Dragon were the technically most capable ones but I preferred the Zu's tonal qualities in my setup. There are three reviews by JaZZ, Tuberoller and Ross, which are definately worth reading when looking for a good HD650 cable.

Finally, there's also the extravagant and risky approach. Get a pair of HD650 connectors, a high-end interconnect and ask a professional or experienced Diyer to tailor you a HD 650 cable. I'm planning on doing this but it's obviously hard to predict the outcome and is quite a gamble since the interconnect will be wasted.

 

[Solude]

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Originally Posted by dapperbandit this is probably a stupid question for the people using cardas but does the contact condioner make a difference(would you recommend using it?)

If you are the original owner you get this lovely little warning AGAINST doing just that. It can make the dielectric, well electric

 

[dapperbandit]

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Originally Posted by Solude If you are the original owner you get this lovely little warning AGAINST doing just that. It can make the dielectric, well electric

I contacted Cardas and they said it would benefit since I was talking about the two cables that go into the headphone not the phono jack!!!!!!