The Noir Hybrid only has a few hours of burn-in and I can already hear the potential. I am getting better bass impact and power, improved imaging, separation and air, with more texture and detail, and the mids are clean and clear with really good yet none fatiguing extension up top. The staging is another standout trait and has become even more holographic and expansive in all directions without sounding diffused at all. I am also hearing more nuance and detail and nothing sounds forced or unnatural. The dynamics also picked up a notch and everything got bigger and better, and this cable really is something special and for the money can't be beat.
Well done Matt! You truly have a masterpiece and I can see why there are tons of happy Noir Hybrid owners, and now you can count me as one of them.
Thanks for your impressions! As for differences between cables and balanced versus unbalanced headphone outs, on some amps they're really (I mean REALLY) pronounced. When that happens all that's left is to enjoy them
Seeing all your gear picks over the years with the Noir Hybrid always hooked up to your headphones, is one of the major reasons I went this route. I know you know good sound and have the gear to hear it, and I figured there is a reason why you have stayed with Forza, and now I know why.
Between you and @jonathan c always posting picks and talking about the Noir Hybrid, I knew I couldn't go wrong.
Enjoy Wes, you have good gear now. Over the years, I had lots of headphones and Forza cables have been value for money and sounding good. If I had spend on mega bucks cables, I surely wouldn't have been able to sample the headphones of Audeze LCD2, 3, 4, X, HiFiMan Arya, He1000se, Susvara, HD650, HD800, ZMF Atticus, Eikon, Verite Open, Beyer T1.2.
Because of Forza cables, there will still be turkey on the table this Christmas, otherwise it will be just a pidgeon.
Lol, I can second that, I have just attached 2.5m of balanced Noir Hybrid to my Audeze LCD-X's and can confirm that I have not heard Cradle of Filth sound this good before, such a rich, dynamic engaging and exciting sound, plus the pidgeons are still happily walking around in my garden today.
Lol, I can second that, I have just attached 2.5m of balanced Noir Hybrid to my Audeze LCD-X's and can confirm that I have not heard Cradle of Filth sound this good before, such a rich, dynamic engaging and exciting sound, plus the pidgeons are still happily walking around in my garden today.
Thats cool, love that your Audeze's had their own dedicated amp (In your pic), I have my (other Audeze's) LCD-2 c's cabled with Claire mk2, definately better than the stock unbalanced but not as clear and dynamic as the Noir Hybrid, but of course there is a price difference.
I had the Burson before but I sold it to buy GEC KT88 and Philips Miniwatt EL34 double D getters for Odyssey. I listen to everything except Tibetian chant. Right now revisiting Pink Floyd 'Time' because this hour when it's gone will never be there again.
A picture of the Burson when I had it and the headphones were all wearing Forza cables, except for the He6se.
I did not move from ss to tube. I've always been on tube amps right from 2015. Along the way though, I experimented with quite a lot of ss amps just to see if I like it. Unfortunately I prefer tube amps with any headphones.
I did not move from ss to tube. I've always been on tube amps right from 2015. Along the way though, I experimented with quite a lot of ss amps just to see if I like it. Fortunately, I prefer tube amps with any headphones.
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