Guys, please stop and move the cable disscusion to more fitting thread please? I don't want this thread closed... You see, I learn a lot by just reading this thread. Anyway, my HD600 is still going strong, and I enjoy every bit of it.
I just wish my Aune T1 less bright.
I'm wondering, is there any OTL tube AMP on USD 350 price range beside Crack and LF 336?
I don’t know, as long as it’s about the cable between the phones and the amp I believe it’s fairly pertinent.
The copper wiring may not be in question, but the connections, balanced vs single ended, micro-phonics transmitted through physical vibrations of the sheathing all come into play.
Anytime an adapter is used, mini plug to ¼” , even the input jack on the amp for example, can cause certain anomalies as the electrons need to make a physical jump from one metal to another and it is perceptible with a revealing set up, especially with the higher frequencies and can cause some harshness to the sound.
And unless these problems are addressed changing amps may be barking up the wrong tree.
I addressed this about twenty years ago and concluded the ideal setup would be to have the cable hard-wired from the amp to the headphone drivers, totally impractical for most but it would be the ideal approach.
So in a nutshell anything that can and will increase one’s performance of the headphones should be open to discussion IMHO.
Having said that, I more or less gave up the cable discussions years ago ,
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Just do a routine maintenance on all your equipment, source to headphones, making sure all connections are solid and cleaned periodically and one should be fine.