Audio cable: I dont understand

[Agincourt]

I purchased a used Moon Blue Dragon audio cable to connect my HD660 to my Monolith amp/dac. It has a XRL connector and the 2 standard Sennheiser connecters. But the Blue Moon cable is only used from the yolk to the XLR while they seemed to use stock cable (half the diameter of the Blue Dragon) from the yolk to the headphone connectors. The owner at Moon ghosted me after I mentioned it was a used cable. If a section of Blue Dragon was sliced to a section of the connector cables then how can it maintain integrity and maintain the benefits of the twice as thick Blue Dragon cable. Doesn't make sense to me. What am I messing in my logic?

 

[andromedaaudio]

What am I messing in my logic?

Not much i think.

 

[Agincourt]

So, you think the cable is compromised and that I'm not getting full benefit of the BLue Dragon. Here is a photo

 

[andromedaaudio]

Most Cables are not about logic in the high end audio industry .
Its something one needs to get used too .
I think its more a visual /mental game

 

[Agincourt]

So, am I getting any benefit from this cable?

 

[andromedaaudio]

So, am I getting any benefit from this cable?

Thats something you need to figure out for yourself

 

[twitch]

Most Cables are not about logic in the high end audio industry .

A truer statement if there ever was one ..........

 

[Agincourt]

Dont mean to make a big deal of this, but I just don't understand why the blue cables are twice as thick as the black cable. Why didnt they just use blue dragon cable for the entire cable?

 

[BlueFox]

Did you ask the manufacturer?

 

[Daverich4]

So, you think the cable is compromised and that I'm not getting full benefit of the BLue Dragon. Here is a photo View attachment 79408

Not sure what you’re talking about. There are two cables inside the blue cover. The same two cables that come out the end of the blue cover and connect to your headphones.

 

[LL21]

For what its worth we bought a Cardas cable to connect from the headphone amp to the Sennheiser HD650. And it looks like yours. the minute you split the main cable in order to go to 2 cables (1 to each ear), then I think what is happening is that each shielded cable inside the main cable comes out so one can go LEFT and one can go RIGHT. I am not techie, but your photo does not strike as super unusual though I admit I have not scrutinized...I have only glanced at it and then looked at our Cardas.

 

[microstrip]

I purchased a used Moon Blue Dragon audio cable to connect my HD660 to my Monolith amp/dac. It has a XRL connector and the 2 standard Sennheiser connecters. But the Blue Moon cable is only used from the yolk to the XLR while they seemed to use stock cable (half the diameter of the Blue Dragon) from the yolk to the headphone connectors. (...)

Then probably it is not a Moon Blue Dragon headphone audio cable. It is Moon Blue Dragon balanced adapter with a standard headphone cable.

 

[LL21]

Hi Micro,

If you look at this photo from their website, it looks to me like any other headphone cable?

 

[Agincourt]

For what its worth we bought a Cardas cable to connect from the headphone amp to the Sennheiser HD650. And it looks like yours. the minute you split the main cable in order to go to 2 cables (1 to each ear), then I think what is happening is that each shielded cable inside the main cable comes out so one can go LEFT and one can go RIGHT. I am not techie, but your photo does not strike as super unusual though I admit I have not scrutinized...I have only glanced at it and then looked at our Cardas.

Thanks now I get it

 

[LL21]

Enjoy!