This is my first post but i've been following the head-fi forums for some times, maybe not on a daily basis. If i make some english mistakes, i hope you'll be comprehensive.
>Topspin70: I'm having the same issue with my sennheiser hd 800 (not the s version), and it's the second time for me as i had this problem with the original jack 6.5 connection cable and now with the CH 800 S XLR cable.
I don't understand since i really take care of pretty much everything i have, even the magazines i read look in mint condition. So i decided to send a form on the sennheiser website to the local customer service (in France for me) and i sent photos of my setup, they keep repeating me that they will get in touch with me again as far as they have a response from the R&D department, but now it's been more than i month i wrote the first e-mail.
My cable got worst in the last weeks since i often have muted sound on the right side (the damaged side of the cable).
I will let you know how it goes in the coming days or weeks but i'm not gonna order by myself a new CH 800 S cable wich is just 2 and half years old and wich is quite expensive.
My Akg K701 was my first high-end headphone, i have them for more than 10 years and not any issues yet with the cable...