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The New HD 560S: Linear Acoustics at a Breakthrough Value
Mar 2, 2023 at 6:48 AM Post #2,536 of 2,621
The 272266 (2.5mm TRRS-to-6.3mm TRS) cable I ordered arrived this morning. Is there a knack to unplugging the stock 560S cable from the ear cup? I've given it a pretty strong tug but it ain't budging and I don't want to damage it. Is there a locking mechanism on the plug?

EDIT - This video answers my question!
 
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Mar 2, 2023 at 8:48 AM Post #2,537 of 2,621
ToTo Man said:
The 272266 (2.5mm TRRS-to-6.3mm TRS) cable I ordered arrived this morning. Is there a knack to unplugging the stock 560S cable from the ear cup? I've given it a pretty strong tug but it ain't budging and I don't want to damage it. Is there a locking mechanism on the plug?

EDIT - This video answers my question!
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Removing and attaching the cable isn't easy even when you know it's a twist to lock/unlock thing.
 
Mar 2, 2023 at 9:49 AM Post #2,538 of 2,621
ToTo Man said:
The 272266 (2.5mm TRRS-to-6.3mm TRS) cable I ordered arrived this morning. Is there a knack to unplugging the stock 560S cable from the ear cup? I've given it a pretty strong tug but it ain't budging and I don't want to damage it. Is there a locking mechanism on the plug?

EDIT - This video answers my question!
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Do you have link of this cable?
 
Mar 2, 2023 at 1:12 PM Post #2,541 of 2,621
ramdi said:
Thanks!!!

Thanks!
I thought it was a balanced cable.
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It's balanced at the ear cup end (2.5mm TRRS) but single-ended at the source end (6.3mm TRS), so to make it balanced you'd need to cut off the 6.3mm plug and re-terminate the 4-core cable onto either a 2.5mm TRRS, 4.4mm TRRS or 4XLR, whatever plug suits your chosen source.
 
Mar 2, 2023 at 1:23 PM Post #2,542 of 2,621
After more searching I found this: https://oidiosound.co.uk/obm-572266. It's the 572266 cable re-terminated with a 4XLR plug. I must be crazy spending £40 on a cable for a £140 headphone that probably won't make much if any difference to the performance but I'm too curious not to find out! If I was any good with a soldering iron I could've saved myself £35 by buying the £5 4XLR Neutrik plug and attaching it to the 272266 cable myself but sadly I don't have the dexterity. Oh well, at least all my Sennheiser HDs will now have matching 4XLR terminations! :)
 
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Mar 2, 2023 at 2:22 PM Post #2,543 of 2,621
ToTo Man said:
After more searching I found this: https://oidiosound.co.uk/obm-572266. It's the 572266 cable re-terminated with a 4XLR plug. I must be crazy spending £40 on a cable for a £140 headphone that probably won't make much if any difference to the performance but I'm too curious not to find out! If I was any good with a soldering iron I could've saved myself £35 by buying the £5 4XLR Neutrik plug and attaching it to the 272266 cable myself but sadly I don't have the dexterity. Oh well, at least all my Sennheiser HDs will now have matching 4XLR terminations! :)
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Don't beat yourself up - it's not just a case of dexterity.
I've been soldering for (too many) decades, it was my job.
But the 4 cores are Litz cables (used for flexibility)....I can tell you that once you started, you'd soon be thinking they earn their £35 :thumbsup:

...although XLR would be a hell of a lot easier than the Pentaconn that I fitted :scream:
 
Mar 2, 2023 at 2:39 PM Post #2,544 of 2,621
ramdi said:
Thanks!!!

Thanks!
I thought it was a balanced cable.
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As 'To To Man' said, it's possible to do a modification.
But look up working with Litz cable so that you're aware what's involved before you decide to DIY.

If you do go ahead, a good tip is not to cut the 6.35mm TRS plug directly off at the strain relief....but leave some attached cable - that allows you to re-use the moulded plug (e.g. to make an adaptor - to allow that 3m cable to work balanced - and still be adaptable back to unbalanced when necessary):
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Mar 2, 2023 at 3:02 PM Post #2,545 of 2,621
There are plenty of balanced cables dirt cheap at AliExpress, but none longer than 130 cm.

Why :scream: :rolling_eyes::worried:
 
Mar 2, 2023 at 6:22 PM Post #2,546 of 2,621
pholcus1975 said:
As far as I know, there are no differences, beyond the cable
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The new 2023 product runs also have a different headband padding. It's now a nylon/fabric similar to hd650, instead of the original velour.
 
Mar 4, 2023 at 4:19 AM Post #2,548 of 2,621
Gray 4 said:
They'd be right to say that 3m is too long for the majority of people.
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The irritating part is that you can get balanced cables for other headphones (e.g. HD660) of varying lengths from 1,2 to 3m. No problem.

Clearly HD560S is considered a mobile headphone only :frowning2:
 
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