[jayatno10]

Any advice on this gratefully received. Using Sennheiser HD650 with Lake people G 103 balanced amp. 

 

[fatcat28037]

An after market XLR terminated cable will cost almost as much as the phones, way too much money IMO. Let me suggest you take your stock cable, or buy a new stock cable and have it re-terminated with an XLR plug. When having this done have the TRS plug cut off with 6 inches of cable and have that terminated with an XLR female plug so you'll have an XLR to TSR adapter.

 

[MalVeauX]

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Any advice on this gratefully received. Using Sennheiser HD650 with Lake people G 103 balanced amp. 

 
Heya,
 
I would simply have a nice braided, sheathed cable made that terminates to XLR. It wouldn't actually be too expensive. Brian at BTG Audio does excellent work for very fair prices. Take a look at his work and give him an email, he'll quote you.
 
Very best,

 

[jayatno10]

Thanks both, didn't mean to mislead here, the amp has balanced inputs, which I have connected to the balanced outputs of my valve CD player, but the 'phones are connected conventionally, via 6.5 jack. So a normal jack lead is required to replace the stock one.

 

[MalVeauX]

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Thanks both, didn't mean to mislead here, the amp has balanced inputs, which I have connected to the balanced outputs of my valve CD player, but the 'phones are connected conventionally, via 6.5 jack. So a normal jack lead is required to replace the stock one.

 
Heya,
 
Is it a single 6.3mm TRS connection? If so, that's unbalanced. Balanced connection will be two XLR (3 pin), two TRS (6.3mm) or one XLR (4 pin).
 
The G103 has two TRS connections on the front, so if they are run balanced, that would be two 6.3mm TRS. But I'm not sure that the G103 runs balanced output via those TRS connections. Seems to be two G103's. One with unbalanced connections and one that has balanced input via 3pin XLR (2 of them) and front output via TRS connections.
 
I'm not sure the G103 has balanced output. Might want to check specs and ask in the amp forum. It looks to me like it's output is actually unbalanced and simply has balanced inputs. I don't have one so might be wrong there.
 
Very best,

 

[jayatno10]

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I'm not sure the G103 has balanced output. Might want to check specs and ask in the amp forum. It looks to me like it's output is actually unbalanced and simply has balanced inputs. I don't have one so might be wrong there.
 
Very best,

This paragraph is right! It has xlr inputs only, for connection to balanced outputs from CD player, and the headphone outputs are conventional 6.5mm headphone sockets.

 

[jayatno10]

Still looking to buy an after market cable, sennheiser plugs one end, 6.5mm jack the other. Any advice?

 

[Lorspeaker]

i like silver cable on the hd650....just tightens up the bass and adds more agility to this veiled can.
I am assuming u want the veil to be lifted somewhat...
caveat : but i do know a friend who loved the veiled/sooothing quality though. 

 

[jayatno10]

Yes, the veil lifted would be great! Can you recommend a specific one, or tell me where to source it? I am in the UK but I guess it wouldn't be too bad to source one in the US.