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Balanced wiring for Sennhesier 800 S

I expect to use Sennheiser 800S with my Ayre QX-5 Twenty, a Roon-ready DAC.  As usual with Ayre, they recommend balanced cabling.  Is that easy to do with the Sennheisers?  I haven't used headphones in years, but I was impressed when I heard the Sennheisers with a McIntosh headphone amp.  Any recommendations?

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big_greg
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Sennheiser makes a high quality balanced cable for the 800s.  I have one and use it with the 800.  It's a good cable.  Works on the 800 and 800s.  

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The Ayre QX-5 Twenty uses two connectors for balanced. Lavricables is trying to learn the Ayre wiring scheme.

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The Ayre QX-5 Twenty uses two connectors for balanced.

Gotcha. The Cardas Clear cable is very nice. I have one with dual XLR for my LCD-4.  I think it's the best build of any headphone cable I have.  They use two cables and you can just order dual XLR with the right connectors for Sennheiser 800 / 800s.  Nothing to "try to learn".  Check out Moon Audio.

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