JaZZ
Headphoneus Supremus
For interconnect cables shielding makes sense, but it's not absolutely necessary in the case of CD players/DACs and headphone amps, where the signal gain is mostly below 1. What makes shielding recommendable is high gain factors which imply an amplification of electromagnetic interferences (e.g. radio waves). Headphone cables on the other hand are uncritical, as the signal doesn't get amplified anymore. So shielding is dispensable. Or has anybody heard a radio station through a headphone cable?
The Zu Mobius I use with my HD 600/650 is shielded (to my knowledge), whereas the Silver Dragon isn't (to my knowledge), nor are the stock cable and my own homemade cables. I also use shielded and unshielded interconnects and build my own cables in both variants. Shielding makes a difference there, but only in the form of higher capacitance which makes for a slightly smoother treble.
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The Zu Mobius I use with my HD 600/650 is shielded (to my knowledge), whereas the Silver Dragon isn't (to my knowledge), nor are the stock cable and my own homemade cables. I also use shielded and unshielded interconnects and build my own cables in both variants. Shielding makes a difference there, but only in the form of higher capacitance which makes for a slightly smoother treble.
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