[Matez]

I have now received my FIFTH Forza AudioWorks headphone cable .. all my main headphones are now Forza-Enabled !!

... this one the Claire Hybrid HPC for the Meze Empyrean, and used with a Burson Soloist 3XP Headphone Amplifier. Usual excellent build quality from FORZA and an appreciable sound improvement over the stock Meze SE cable ... well worth the upgrade.

Awesome stuff, thank you very much!

Ordered a week ago and already got email that it's gonna ship this week

If we have all the parts, the usual order completion time is several working days

It could happen that the package arrives on your door without a shipment notification.

We have mails with trackings automated, but every now and then we get info about our system not sending the message to some customers. Apologies if that happens and I'm always available via mail if that helps

I guess it's depending on the work they have to manage.

That's true, but there's several of us here, so in general - as above - it takes roughly three working days to complete an order with one or two cables. This may change slightly every now and then, but at this time of the year (sales wise it's slower than autumn) we don't have a backlog.

How long does it typically take to hear back from Forza? I placed my order on 08 Sep for a Noir and have not been provided an update to date - order status indicates “payment accepted”.

If you haven't received any info yet, can you please drop me a mail? Thanks!

 

[BORUSSIA]

Hello,

I bought the Arya Organic and find the treble sometimes a little fatiguing.
Would you recommend the Noir HPC or the Hybrid?

Has someone experienced the Aryas with those cables?
Thanks

 

[Arum16]

Hello,

I bought the Arya Organic and find the treble sometimes a little fatiguing.
Would you recommend the Noir HPC or the Hybrid?

Has someone experienced the Aryas with those cables?
Thanks

Hi,
As a rule of thumb, in your case, I'd say go for the HPC, not the Hybrid.

 

[UntilThen]

We've been using Noir hybrid with these cans and to my ears this cable provides a spot on balance between openness, impact, tone and meat. It's a very versatile cable all in all, non-microphonic and very slinky at that. Hope this helps, thanks!

I concur. I have been using Noir Hybrid with Susvara and HD800 for a while. These days I don't think about the cable. I just enjoy the music. When you get to that stage, it means the cable is doing it's job well.

 

[IvanE92]

Received my first cable today. Much softer and more pliable than the stock Focal cable. Now, I went from an unbalanced to balanced connection and the SQ has definitely improved. No denying that. It was evident within the first few seconds. My guess is the amp likes balanced better. I won’t be able to tell if the improvement came from the cable or moving from unbalanced to balanced for my specific configuration; but I don’t care. I wanted the look and feel, as well as the 4.4mm pentaconn to get the most out of my Cayin C9. Forza checked those boxes for me and I’m happy with my purchase.

 

[Matez]

Received my first cable today. Much softer and more pliable than the stock Focal cable. Now, I went from an unbalanced to balanced connection and the SQ has definitely improved. No denying that. It was evident within the first few seconds. My guess is the amp likes balanced better. I won’t be able to tell if the improvement came from the cable or moving from unbalanced to balanced for my specific configuration; but I don’t care. I wanted the look and feel, as well as the 4.4mm pentaconn to get the most out of my Cayin C9. Forza checked those boxes for me and I’m happy with my purchase.

Thanks for your feedback! First let me say some amps are internally single-ended and have balanced outs added for a user's convenience (the second half of a signal is generated usually somewhere near outputs by i.e. an op-amp). In case of such designs the difference between balanced and unbalanced outputs usually is either very small or undetectable because the main circuit is the same for both. If an amp is a truly balanced design however (a differential topology with both halves of a signal running front to back), the odds are that this will make an easily audible difference. It may not be huge, but still something audible. Balanced sockets output more juice and some cans like that a lot, while a good cable is the cherry on top that raises sound quality a fair bit higher.

When you get to that stage, it means the cable is doing it's job well.

Thanks and I agree! When I just listen to stuff without thinking about what to replace next, that stuff works well for me

 

[qua2k]

@Matez Curious, can you make a Noir Hybrid cable for the Fostex TH900 MK2 using Fostex connectors? I do not see the Fostex as an option unfortunately.

 

[vellocetplus]

Is there a way to visually tell apart Noir and Noir Hybrid cables? Trying to avoid them getting mixed up.

 

[Chris Kaoss]

Afaik, Hybrid has a green "A" on FAW label shrink of the amp jack, while regular Noir is white.

 

[vellocetplus]

Afaik, Hybrid has a green "A" on FAW label shrink of the amp jack, while regular Noir is white.

@Matez can you confirm?

 

[Wes S]

@Matez can you confirm?

It's been confirmed by Matez in this thread already. Try the search function.

The green A is for Hybrid.

 

[Charente]

It's been confirmed by Matez in this thread already. Try the search function.

The green A is for Hybrid.

I have TWO non-Hybrid cables ... both have GREEN on the right-hand cable. I always thought the 'Green' was to denote 'Right' not the type of cable ... unless I am misunderstanding the issue here.

EDIT: The Claire Hybrid cables I do have, have no heat shrink on the amp-end

 

[Wes S]

I have TWO non-Hybrid cables ... both have GREEN on the right-hand cable. I always thought the 'Green' was to denote 'Right' not the type of cable ... unless I am misunderstanding the issue here.

EDIT: The Hybrid cables I do have, have no heat shrink on the amp-end

You are right. We are talking about the label on the jack.

 

[Scrooge]

Hi, was looking for advice for new balanced cable for dan Clark audio expanse, would you recomend the noir hybird or Mk2? Also open to suggestions from other manufactures but forza seems to be alot of quality for the price and im looking at a 12ft to15ft cable.

Thanks

 

[cb490763]

Here are my cables from forza. Forza noir hybrid for Meze Elite and copper series iem mk2 cable for my custom art fibae 7 unlimited.
Noir hybrid is good cable, mechanical atributes are great, but I don´t hear any difference in the sound.
Copper iem cable is better choice than original null audio arete for CA Fibae. But the main difference is there because the new one from forza is terminated with 4,4mm pentaconn and the old one from null audio is terminated with 3,5mm jack. So the biggest difference is in balanced output of my shanling m7. There is better dynamics, detail.