Just ordered a balanced cable for my HD800, am I wasting my money?

[Ralf11]

balanced cables provide attenuation of EMF that is radiated into all cables; a star-quad configuration will reduce that further - you may or may not have a noisy enough environment to make a difference, but it is always a wise idea

 

Benchmark Audio has a white paper explaining this

 

however, $300 for a cable is too much...

 

 

[Ralf11]

ok, I guess HD800 is a headphone

 

proof that I'm not a headphoner

 

hey - who wants my Beats!??

[Ralf11]

Why Sennheiser sold him a Sennheiser HD800S balanced cable is the really symmetry-breaking question.

[Ralf11]

9 hours ago, jabbr said:

 

I don’t spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about cables.

 

 

Then you aren't an audiophool.

 

Class D sux.

 

I'm nutotypical.

 

[Ralf11]

4 hours ago, Musicophile said:

 

And anyway, without having done a proper A/B, I still feel having used the HD800 quite a bit since I swapped the cable that the thing sounds better than ever. Probably a delusion, but who cares as long as I'm happy with the results.

 

 

it certainly looks nice in your photo, and esthetics are a valid reason for purchase (just ask an art collector)