sbelyo

I always like to see if anyone has done anything similar to what I am thinking about doing, and the 10ft 1/4" cable is out of stock. I saw no harm in asking just to see if it had been done before. Thanks for the warm response

I wouldn't go so far as to call it shitty. Snake oil maybe. I think 5 ft is long enough because I sit right next to my gear and listen

Not in the diy community I'm not

I think I will

What the heck is so dumb? Show me a 4 pin xlr cardas sennheiser cable for retail sale and I'll buy it! I already have the stock cable and I want to try the Cardas cable, is that a crime? I may buy the cardas sennheiser plugs, but I like the way they terminate that end at the factory Geez, I guess I'll buy the cable and find out for myself. One last thing, I don't screw up!

I will, just wanted to see if anyone has done it

Because they don't sell one with a 4 pin xlr and all my amps are 4 pin xlr. Plus they charge a stupid amount for the balanced versions of the cables with 2 3 pin xlrs

Has anyone ever reterminated a Cardas Sennheiser cable for the HD650? I'm thinking of buying the Fat Pipe version that HF sells in a 10ft length terminated with 1/4" TRS and then cutting that into a 5ft cable and re-terminating it in a 4 pin XLR. I want to know if the cable is laquered inside and if I have to melt the insulation off of it to solder the wires. Then I would make an extension cable and 4 pin XLR to 1/4" TRS SE adaptor with the rest

Thanks Kevin that makes more sense now. I plan to be balanced in and balanced out only when it comes to using a balanced dynahi or M³. For now I'm not worried because I'll just use the single ended output to my original 2 channel dynahi or a tube amp. But since I've never heard balanced and now I will have a balanced source I will build a balanced amp in the next couple of months.

ok, I'm finishing up a Twisted Pear Buffalo DAC using the soon to be released Legato III I/V output stage. I intend to use the BAL/SE stage in the beginning since all of my headphone amps are single ended. However I want to build a balanced headphone amp. It will be the balanced dynahi or M³ and I'm concerned about the statement below from Twisted Pear. What does this mean if I build a balanced M³ or dynahi rev2?

Oh god, I remember the man hours that went into my first dynahi build! Might as well go for the gusto and build a balanced rev 2. I'm up for four amp boards and two psu's Why do I do this to myself?