Is This Balanced Headphone Cable Worth $15.99?

Today I take a look at the:
FAAEAL Replacement Audio Cable for Sennheiser HD560 Headsts,3.5mm/2.5mm/4.4mm Braided 5N LC-OFC Upgrade Cable for Sennheiser HD580,HD600,HD660S,HD650 Headphones Black 1.5meters/4.9feet (4.4mm Jack)
Product Link: amzn.to/3vIa9Hg
DAC/AMP Used: amzn.to/3vLfP3f
Is it worth your time? Yes
Is it worth your money? Yes
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[@Indrajit1900]

How is the cable now? Is it working fine?

[@sweetchaoss]

if you didn't do the test blind, then everything you think you heard is in your mind..sorry to burst your bubble. if you look at 3rd party measurements of this Ufi Zen DAC (v1, not v2, mind you), going to balanced actually adds more distortion (around 3db, which is hardly audible), but adds 160% more available power. So if plug in an unbalanced cable, and increase the volume, at some point it will run out of available power from the headphone amp, before the amp distorts and hits a hard limit. If you change your cable to be a balanced one, the unbalanced headphone output of the Ifi allows you to turn up the same headphones to 160% higher volume, before the amp distorts and has a hard limit. In other words, if the distortion is very close on both, then you won't be able to tell the difference between unbalanced and balanced cable (assuming both are playing the same volume). Now, if Ifi improved v2 over v1 with significantly less distortion (for balanced output), then you would be able to hear a difference (assuming you're aware of what distortion sounds like and under certain test conditions). Otherwise, all improvements are completely in your mind. Without a blind test, your results are invalid (essentially your mind playing tricks on your without any real measurable difference). I encourage you to read ASR to learn more about this topic. Take a look at "ifi Zen DAC and Headphone Amp Review" , as well as the "ifi Zen CAN Review (Headphone Amp)". The cable itself won't change anything about the sound. It's just a nicer material than your original cable. So purchasing more expensive balanced heaphones cables is never going to improve your sound, only the feel/material of the cable. If you have further questions, please ask.

[@Indrajit1900]

Is it really a genuine 4.4 mm balanced cable coz there are a lot of fake ones out there?

[@Indrajit1900]

​@@fisherman9435 I too had asked genuinely. Didn't get answers but I have my answer from experience now. It does wonders with my Hiby R5ii. It's a great cable. Nothing fake about it. And on 4.4mm balanced it delivers the ampjuice that it is supposed to so much so that now I have forgotten about my single ended cables.

[@Leon-nr1mu]

Just louder... It is in your mind.

[@carloslong839]

Dude: I bought that same cable and it is complete GARBAGE! My cable failed within 2 weeks and I threw it away completely disgusted. After about a week I noticed that this cable had my Focal Elegias sounding flat. Upon inspection I found the 4.4 interconnect failed because of flimsy cheap plastic. You must pay the cost to be the boss...Get a Hart audio cable for $65.

[@beepover]

Faael is junk cable. Go with tripowin cables.

[@headphonecable]