amimemeami
New Head-Fier
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After reading may reviews, I decided to purchase the SPH9500 as a stepping stone into this crazy audiophile world. Originally I was simply looking for a good sound stage for positional audio/ immersion in games. Then I started down the rabbit hole. I am a bit of an information sponge, and I really had no idea how much information was out there about how headphones sound A week later... and I am considering converting my brand new SHP's into balance headphones. (Which have not even shown up yet Delayed due to weather.)
Here is my plan.
Replace 1/8 TRS female jack on headphone with 1/8 TRRS jack and split the grounds internally
I will wire inner ring and sleeve as the two grounds, so the stock cable will connect the two grounds making it electrically the same as stock for unbalanced outputs.
I will create a 1/8 TRRS male two 2 -1/4 TRS cable.
I am looking at the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 to act as a balanced output dac/amp. If you think there is a better low cost balanced amp let me know.
I want to do this for as little money as possible seeing that I do not have much in the way of extra right now. As it is I will have to save up for a bit to get the DAC/AMP and cables/connectors.
Has anyone tried using a shielded network cable as a headphone cable? The solid core cables are not as flexible, but it has twisted pairs. I was not able to find an inexpensive 4-pin XLR cable.
Am I crazy or could this be a good idea?
Here is my plan.
Replace 1/8 TRS female jack on headphone with 1/8 TRRS jack and split the grounds internally
I will wire inner ring and sleeve as the two grounds, so the stock cable will connect the two grounds making it electrically the same as stock for unbalanced outputs.
I will create a 1/8 TRRS male two 2 -1/4 TRS cable.
I am looking at the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 to act as a balanced output dac/amp. If you think there is a better low cost balanced amp let me know.
I want to do this for as little money as possible seeing that I do not have much in the way of extra right now. As it is I will have to save up for a bit to get the DAC/AMP and cables/connectors.
Has anyone tried using a shielded network cable as a headphone cable? The solid core cables are not as flexible, but it has twisted pairs. I was not able to find an inexpensive 4-pin XLR cable.
Am I crazy or could this be a good idea?