Got a 2.5mm balanced cable for my Westone W40's. Wowza. Quelle surprise. Am always very skeptical about cables and the myths that come with them, but for $20, it's great. If you've got a balanced output on any of your devices and aren't using it, use it. For me, the already good stereo seperation is now even more separate and it's opened up the already huge soundstage and it sounds more 3D, rather than just wide. Other than that, everything also sounds a bit less muddled. No instruments get in the way of one another anymore.
I’d love to know how an objectively worse design improves separation and the soundstage in headphones (I’m assuming the equipment wasn’t deliberately nobbled when using a standard cable).
Not to be rude but are you sure it’s not just slightly louder?
Got a 2.5mm balanced cable for my Westone W40's. Wowza. Quelle surprise. Am always very skeptical about cables and the myths that come with them, but for $20, it's great. If you've got a balanced output on any of your devices and aren't using it, use it. For me, the already good stereo seperation is now even more separate and it's opened up the already huge soundstage and it sounds more 3D, rather than just wide. Other than that, everything also sounds a bit less muddled. No instruments get in the way of one another anymore.