Not so fat head
1000+ Head-Fier
Aww, I shouldn't have said about the aliens, look if you hear something, whom am I to say ya didn't
I've heard differences between digital cables (connecting a CD transport to DAC). That's probably due to different amounts of data loss I guess...... but Coax and Optical certainly sound different. Also differences between different Coax cables. No differences between different Optical cable.I have never bothered to change cables on my headphones. But I have made exhaustive tests and comparisons with many analogue interconnects between expensive devices of very revealing character and never, I mean n e v e r, have I heard the slightest difference between them. Compared cables were anything from € 500 per meter down to the cheapest included-in-the-box cable, with several of intermediate price and some well made, hand assembled ones. Moreover, physics (its my studies) have proved many ways that there can be no difference in the audible spectrum (and far above), between adequately constructed interconnect cables. The whole cable thing has always been a marketing trick and a very successful one. ("Trick" is a mild word).
However, differences between dacs (even between moderately expensive ones) and between some headphone amplifiers, have been easily audible to me.
I never say something is audible if it is not well confirmed by blind tests. Consistent blind confirmation or it never happened.
Digital cables can have an effect because impedance mismatching can increase jitter a little. Then it can be down to how well the receiving equipment can suppress the jitter. They are not losing data. It they did you would hear very noticeable dropouts.I've heard differences between digital cables (connecting a CD transport to DAC). That's probably due to different amounts of data loss I guess...... but Coax and Optical certainly sound different. Also differences between different Coax cables. No differences between different Optical cable.
Yes, jitter, not data loss! Thanks for the correction.Digital cables can have an effect because impedance mismatching can increase jitter a little. Then it can be down to how well the receiving equipment can suppress the jitter. They are not losing data. It they did you would hear very noticeable dropouts.
Digital cables can have an effect because impedance mismatching can increase jitter a little. Then it can be down to how well the receiving equipment can suppress the jitter. They are not losing data. It they did you would hear very noticeable dropouts.
Most cable effects are imagined. Sometimes there can be RF and EMI issues that cause a very subtle effect, and more often circulating ground currents can give un-balanced connections trouble when the equipment and its PSU you designed without thought. But headphones are unlikely to be part of this as there is no current from your head to your amp. If there was you would feel it.
You need one of these:-I gotta say when I see people talking about their cables pre and then post burn in, I really just gotta shake my head and chuckle.
Epic device!