The output impedance of the single-ended outs are going to affect the frequency response to some degree… all differently. The XLR Balanced out… would give the cleanest power. And there’s a ‘current’ Switch (seperate from ‘gain’ switch) that M0N (And Zeos in the video) says can alter and benefit the sound of a lot of headphones too…
According to the Hifiman website, the 4xx is discontinued. I don’t know if that’s just a weird thing of them not selling it on their own site, but it would account for the sharp discount the 4xx has had for the last few months.
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That’s would be weird cause they have kinda started making a revise version this year with 3.5 mm Jack’s on the can rather than what believed was 2.5 mm