New Hart cable is fantastic. I tried to match the interior of the cups, that orangy yellow color, with the cable color. I didn't really succeed, but it still looks pretty nice. Length is much more to my liking for desktop use. Locking connector is nice and secure, and not loose or janky feeling.
I can't help but spend my time with the NDH30 dissecting each mix and focusing on minutia in the production of each track (for better or for worse). I'd say that more than any other headphone I've heard in recent memory, these babies lay bare any poor decisions in the mix and surface inconsistencies in the recording. Obviously this includes relative levels of instruments/voices, but also levels of compression, oddly EQ'ed instruments, too much reverb, overall coherency and stereo imaging of the track, etc. etc.. But, when a track hits
just right... it's effing sublime!!
A lot of iffy mixes and masters have absolutely nowhere to hide from the Neumann. It's pretty cool how accurate and unapologetic this thing is. And the fact that this headphone manages to sound fun and musical at the same time is truly a feat. I really think this can could be a "one and done" for most people (myself included??). It's a headphone that leaves you asking, "what more do you need?" And sorry to the fans of the 660S2 (which I also like a ton!!) but the NDH30 leaves it far behind in terms of technicalities IMO. The S2 is a little better for relaxed, non-critical listening, but the NDH30 will reveal a lot more of the character of the recording. It's just so exacting and articulate.