A 6.3mm plug does not normally sound better than a 4.4mm plug.
Might be a issue with the new cable or a defect in the ifi diablo idsd's balanced headphone jack.
Make sure the 4.4mm is plugged in all the way.
I don’t have any equipment that you are questioning about. But with the 1A/1Z Sony Walkmans there are actual differences in the amp. Meaning there are two amps in the players, one for 3.5mm and one for 4.4mm.
But the two amps have a slight personality difference that they affect onto the signature. Now truly this depends on the headphones or IEMs. As it’s true there are a few members which prefer single ended 3.5mm from the devices and consider 4.4mm secondary. But even in those cases it’s only one headphone/IEM out of their whole collection that seems to benefit from such sound?
Typically it’s 4.4mm that they use. And yes, it truly is a different amp with different capacitors and transistors. So? In a way this is a style of marketing (it is with Sony anyway). As engineers may say there is no proof of balanced being better or worse than single ended. It may never be proven, the argument goes on from 1950s till this day. Though with mic cables you do need a balanced connection to guard against noise interference. So with microphones, it’s important.........sound replay equipment, maybe not as important?
So with amps or DAPs it’s debatable, except a better amp does sound better and they make them more powerful. Also though people will find amps personally to vary. Typically one all BA IEM will have a more forward sound that simply sounds better with the 3.5mm amp. Though such placement is rare. Really it can depend on the IEM/headphone and the listening goals of the individual!
The other reasons they went to 4.4mm from 3.5mm is the robustness of the 4.4mm plug and the increased contact area inside the device.
I don’t have any equipment that you are questioning about. But with the 1A/1Z Sony Walkmans there are actual differences in the amp. Meaning there are two amps in the players, one for 3.5mm and one for 4.4mm.
But the two amps have a slight personality difference that they affect onto the signature. Now truly this depends on the headphones or IEMs. As it’s true there are a few members which prefer single ended 3.5mm from the devices and consider 4.4mm secondary. But even in those cases it’s only one headphone/IEM out of their whole collection that seems to benefit from such sound?
Typically it’s 4.4mm that they use. And yes, it truly is a different amp with different capacitors and transistors. So? In a way this is a style of marketing (it is with Sony anyway). As engineers may say there is no proof of balanced being better or worse than single ended. It may never be proven, the argument goes on from 1950s till this day. Though with mic cables you do need a balanced connection to guard against noise interference. So with microphones, it’s important. Sound replay equipment, maybe not as important?
So with amps or DAPs it’s debatable, except a better amp does sound better and they make them more powerful. Also though people will find amps personally to vary. Typically one all BA IEM will have a more forward sound that simply sounds better with the 3.5mm amp. Though such placement is rare. Really it can depend on the IEM/headphone and the listening goals of the individual!
The other reasons they went to 4.4mm from 3.5mm is the robustness of the 4.4mm plug and the increased contact area inside the device.
The simple answer is that there is probably a difference in the electrical characteristics of the two cables. This may be either the resistance, capacitance or inductance. Unless all three are the same, the cable will sound different (and we haven’t even entered the completely different characteristics of the termination end/plug).
Given the nature of cable manufacture, i doubt you were provided with any of the relevant data…
People “experience” sound differently for a variety of reasons, even when there is in fact no audible difference at all. In the case of balanced/SE there is typically a difference in level, which will usually affect the “experience”.
Why would the argument be going on from the 1950’s when it was already proven in the 1880’s? And, how can it possibly still be ongoing? The rational answer to the latter is of course that it CAN’T be ongoing! The only place it is ongoing is within a sub-group of the audiophile world but of course it’s irrational, based on people just making up nonsense facts/history and false marketing!
That depends on the sound replay equipment or more accurately, the strength of the audio signal and the distance and environment it has to travel through to get to the sound replay equipment, as Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated.
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