FAAEAL Balanced Cable Replacement for Hifiman Sundara HE4XX,HE400SE,Meze 99 Classics,Denon AH-D7200 Headphones,4.4mm to Dual 3.5mm Works on Sony WM1A,NW-ZX505 Digital Music Players(4.4mm)

A great affordable upgrade for the Sundara, nothing fancy. I went ahead and got a balanced cable for going portable as these headphones benefit from a little extra juice.

I ordered two different FAAEAL balanced headphone cables from Amazon because I didn't know the length of both of them. Turns out they were the same length (about 59 inches) and matched the length of my original Hifiman unbalanced cable, which is what I wanted.I tested the model with the silver colored plugs first since it better matched the color scheme of my headphones. However, the silver ones seemed duller, more laid back or recessed, than the black colored plugs that I am reviewing here. The black ones sound a touch brighter and detailed with more "life" in them with my ears and equipment. YMMVWhile I prefer the looks of the silver plugs, the sound performance clinched my decision to keep the black ones.Note that the black left phone connector includes a raised ring to easily discern left from right even in a dark environment.Also notice the pinouts differ between the two models. The silver phone jacks are 3.5mmTRS while the black phone jacks are 3.5mm TS. The silver "RS" contacts are shunted together at one end or the other, so they have the same circuitry as the black TS plugs.Both model's exterior cable diameters are the same, but I don't know if the actual wire gauge is different. Without those specs, I have no explanation why they sound different, but I certainly prefer the black over the silver with my equipment.Hope you find this helpful when you are looking for purchasing information.

I didn't expect a lot about this product honestly. But it improves sound quality about 20 to 25 percent of my Meze Neo 99. Worth to pay for it.

This cable is excellent, simple yet beautifully constructed. Brings my Hifiman Sundara alive, especially when combined with a Cayin RU7 with DSD128 upscale. Can't beat at this price - there's absolutely no logical reason to pay more for another cable of any other brand.

So I bought these because I accidentally broke my original headset cord, I luckily was able to find these which fit easily into my Corsair VIRTUOSO PRO Open Back Streaming/Gaming Headset - Carbon. I will note I didn’t see or find any major differences between this and the original cable though I don’t use an amp so that could also fix my volume issues. OVERALL it’s a great cable and it has a nice little braided design but I wish the cable was a lot longer, other than that it’s great

Looks great and really brings the Sundara to another level. No snake oil here. This is a night and day difference from the stock Sundara cable. It gives it a slight brightness with even greater richness to the sound. I ended up ordering another pair as a backup. I love this cable. Easily recommend them.

These are so great it's not even funny. Was given an expensive balanced cable by a co worker costing well over $100. We tested that cable against this one and heard no difference between the 2. I tried it on many dac/amps units and there wasn't any distortion. I now have 5 of these cables. Buy them!

I thought people were exaggerating how much this improved the sound but it actually really does!I was having an issue with what I thought was driver imbalance but this cable drastically reduced the issue. It may have even solved it, and now it's just my ears.I think maybe the cable they include with the headphones aren't any good.