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pieman3141 t1_j9coa78 wrote

Reply to comment by Designer-Edge-5394 in Headphone jack tier list, cuz why not by nopunterino

Tyll, the guy who basically adopted that connector, said that he regretted using it for his early headroom devices.

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Designer-Edge-5394 t1_j9e8uj6 wrote

Interesting, why?

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pieman3141 t1_j9ee0s7 wrote

IIRC, he said they were clunky and he had difficulty wiring it all up. Also, most headphones don't need balanced outputs, and I think Tyll was kinda ambivalent about whether he preferred single-ended or balanced.

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Designer-Edge-5394 t1_j9eibmq wrote

Ah OK. Well, they might be a bit heftier than the rest of the options but tbh not much worse than, say, 4-pin XLR when it comes to wiring up and handling. Once you connect them they stay there, right? ;-) I use HartAudio's cables and interconnects. Recently ordered the dual 3-pin XLR interconnect just out of curiosity and they seem to help open up the sound(stage), at least on my system. I haven't A/B'ed them but suddenly all my headphones sound more open and wide without losing detail. My HD660S now sounds better that they ever did before, and surprisingly open. I might be wrong and it all may be placebo effect, but what I can say with absolute confidence is that the volume knob on my Pro iCAN Sig. very rarely needs to go further than 9 o'clock these days. I did some research but couldn't find anything useful to understand what may be going on in terms of power delivery, etc. as compared to regular 4-pin XLR connections.

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