DAMN IT! Iām not a believer in cables improving audio quality. Iām not a believer in cables improving audio quality. Iām not a believer in cables improving audio quality. If I keep telling myself while listening to the FH3 through this cable maybe Iāll believe it.
I should have done my listening tests (FH3 vs H40) balanced to balanced. Thatās for sure.
Thanks M0N, it is beautiful and soft. I hardly even feel it.
I bought this cable with the soul reason to have the swappable connectors. Iāve never believed or experienced cables improving audio quality but I might be right now. I guess I might have to re-think everything. UGH. Itās something when you experience something first hand for the first time.
And generally thatās how I would recommend approaching things anyways, any sonic differences are either added benefits (or detriments lol), but the main point would prob be feeling/usability aspect for getting a nicer cable
I totally agree, and that was my perspective on upgrading cables. ādonāt expect to hear an improvement, but if you want to buy an upgrade cable, buy it because like the looks of it or because of the way it feelsā.
Itās simply possible that the FH3 really performs better balanced. Iād have to swap cables back and forth to find out which I donāt care that much about. I am enjoying what Iām hearing a lot and thatās all that matters. Iāve just gone from unbalanced to balanced before and didnāt hear this kind of difference.
EDIT: The soundstage feels even larger, the dynamics are punchier and everything sounds as if it has more weight if that makes sense.
Very possible as well, and honestly thatās prob the case if itās a massive difference, although that you didnāt notice the difference earlier is pretty interesting
Itās not the only $200+ cable Iāve purchased. All of the cables that have the interchangeable ends are really expensive. At least I didnāt buy the Dunu hulk!
Touche lol, Iāve bought cables but they are just 20$ ones, they feel good and donāt tangle lol. Iām kinda chill on that stuff, although I may get one of those since they look so sharpā¦ Eventually
I just saw this video. Instead of listening to what he had to say about the FH3 I just inspected his excel sheet with the many iems he has apparently reviewed. I doesnāt make any sense. H40 a C in sound and a Trn V90 a A! Isn D10 better than the H40?, Wtf! just go to the Isn thread in Headfi to listen to some of us that have both and you wonāt find anyone to say this nonsense. And like this many others. Makes no sense, it is ridiculous. All these Iem reviewers popping up than suddenly have all this preposterous idea that they are qualified for this. Ladies and gentlemen, Iems are headphones and like their big brothers they need experienced people and lots of time to really get to know how that hp/ iem sound, works and specially what kind of music they are designed and marketed for. But they are cheaper than over ears (in many cases) so younger people with less means can carry this reviewing hobby. This is the final straw for me. They are all using their subjective hearing to classify Iems but then all of them use this a b c d system they all copied from crinacle therefore all of them have different results when cataloging the items so adding to the confusion. There are a few of the iems to have the same position in the ranking but Iām seriously considering that sometimes they donāt know what to do with some specific Iems due to the hype and they just copy each other, I can only guess considering how mediocre this iems migh be.
Iāve had it with the hype train after buying many iems that didnāt live to my expectations and really enjoying other excellent ones like the Tri i3, (which is a marvel for jazz, blues, etc) that Beggar said it had a very weird tuning giving them an D (again check what the users have to say in the Headfi Tri thread, I mean, the people that have had them for months and not one week after giving their opinions).
Sorry for the rant but Iām tired of throwing money away in hyped products (thatās on me, canāt blame anyone else) that are at best mediocre. Iem reviewers opinions have to be respected, like anyone elseās, but not be taking seriously and never be used as a base to buy .