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Designed specifically for our Sennheiser HD 6XX and HD 58X headphones, these balanced headphone cables allow you to confidently plug in your headphones to 2.5mm compatible digital audio players, portable amps, and the latest premium audio devices. Made with a durable PVC jacket with a similar weight and feel to the stock Sennheiser cables, these cables will feel right at home on your existing pair Read More
I was wondering the same thing. I just got the HD58X and added the 2.5 balanced cable. I'd love to hear a song recommendation where I can hear the difference. I am listening to TIDAL HiFi and have the Fiiio BTR5 DAC/AMP with the 2.5 balanced jack. So far I haven't been able to tell the difference.
trucdemaladeYou won't hear a difference. Balanced signal is used to mitigate electromagnetic interference on the signal travelling through the cable, if both the devices connected support it. Over a relatively short distance, in most environments, its effects are negligible, and the only benefit is compatibility with devices that only have a balanced output.
One noticeable benefit this cable might provide is that it some* DACs/amps will sound louder on your headphones, because sometimes the balanced outputs use separate amplification circuits to drive each channel (because balanced needs two signals for Left and two signals for Right) effectively outputting the full nominal power while unbalanced out will probably use either one circuit for both channels (because unbalanced only needs two signals, one for L and one for R).
*Fiio Btr5 has this schematic on the official website, for example:
What cable or splitter would I need to get for the HD 6XX in order to utilize the 2 separate Left and Right balanced output jacks of my Scarlett 2i2? The balanced cable recommended here seems to only have a single jack plug, and Google isn't being very friendly.
The Left-Right balanced outputs on audio interfaces is for speakers called studio monitors. They're not for headphones even though they use the same size plug.