Just received my balanced cable from earphonesolutions. I also received my SE clear cable and aluminium tin from JH at the same time.
Looking at the packaging with the cables I see labels with the model numbers?
SE clear cable from JH JHA024804CLR
Balanced black cable from earphonesolutions JHA034804BLK
Initial thoughts are both cables come with aluminium nuts, the pots were set differently, JH set them at 1pm, earphonesolutions set them at 8am.
Pleased to note the balanced connector works perfect with the AK240 no matter how I spin it in the jack. To prevent confusion, I have tried various cables from other companies for my UE18 Pro where the balanced connector would only work in a certain orientation, if it moves to a different direction then the sound would cut out on the right channel.
So far I'm pleased with this balanced cable, no doubt the same as supplied with the AKR03. For those that were agonizing over whether to buy the AKR03 just for it's balanced cable supplied then no need to anymore. Roxanne universals are much cheaper and for those with customs and AK240, what are you waiting for? Jump and buy those balanced cables
I'll update once I get some time to listen to my AK240 in balanced mode.