ABLET HiFi Cable with 2.5mm Trrs Balanced Male Compatible with Sennheiser HD598 / HD558 / HD518 / HD598 Cs / HD599 / HD569 / HD579 Astell&Kern AK240 AK320 AK380 onkyo DP-X1 FIIO X5III XDP-300R

A very good quality cable. May be a little stiff. It fits perfectly my Sennheiser HD 599 headphones and gives a very pleasant sound.

Arived in time. The cable is as advertised.Thank You Amazon!

I'm not an audiophile, but having been gifted the iFi ZEN DAC for my birthday, I was intrigued by the "balanced" output so decided to investigate further...My headphones are Sennheiser's HD558's and they have great reviews for their performance. I saw that this cable from Ablet HiFi would work with my headphones, so decided to buy it. Whilst a little pricey, it did well in terms of reviews so I went ahead.Everything sounds fantastic when connected, but my only criticism is that the cable is quite rigid and not very flexible. It also looks a bit ugly - silvery white for headphones that are black is a strange one really. I guess I could get some paracord but when you buy a cable like this, you would kinda expect it to match. I know this is clear in the images, but I just don't understand the logic - make the cable black or offer a few colour variations and this would be even better.

I wanted to see if a balanced cable would improve my Sennheiser 598s. I always felt they sounded a little muffled compared to the momentum 2 over ears. This cable has helped to a certain extent which is good as I do like the 598s. This is not the huge leap that happened when I did the same for my Nighthawk carbons, but still worth the effort

The cable is ok but very microphonic due it it being a bit rigid, it is however a true balanced cable for the HD599's I cannot comment on any other sets as this is the one I was buying it for. For those that need to know if the 599's are balanced wired set then yes they are, they have a 4 pole 2.5mm input with separately wired connections from tip downwards it isL+ R+ L- R- and the stock cables can be re terminated at the 3.5mm end as they have 4 cores so you only need to either swap over the 3.5mm or 6.35mm to a 2.5 trrs or 4.4 trrrs to get a true balanced connection ( and save money as a new plug is way cheaper than the £25 for this cable ) obviously you need a soldering iron. I'm guessing the rest of the HD5xx range are the same, I got confirmation from Sennhieser that they are a balanced wired set and yes they do sound better on balanced. Check out the pics you'll see that the 6.35mm has 4 cores so you can achieve the true balanced connection with a 2.5 or 4.4 ( my case 4.4mm) with the extra power of balanced connection and no ground they push the headphones that little bit more and make a great set even greater and I own the Sony IER-Z1R'S plus Z7M2's and a few more over the £1000 - 2000 price range so I know quality !

Bought this cable to 'unlock' the higher power output of Fiio K3's balanced output. Everything sounds great.

This Cable it's like rebar far to stiff , rubbing on everything and microphonic . You can hear the smallest rub of cable in headphones . Stay away from that product !!!

This is the most horrible feeling cable I've ever used. Unlike a lot of IEM cables that look similar, this one is made of hard plastic that is stiff and awful to handle. As a result, the cable is springy and it is also very microphonic due to the stiffness. Functionaly it works fine and since the aren't a lot of balanced cable options for these Sennheiser headphones it will have to do.