We currently manufacture cables for the Sennheiser HD518, HD558 and HD598 headphones.  

These legendary Sennheiser models use fully balanced connectors inside the headset, but they ship with a cable that for some reason destroys the balanced connection!  Connectors for this headphone are not available, so options for making a fully balanced cable have not been good....until now!  We have acquired about a zillion stock cables so we are able to carefully splice into the original connetor with our high quality silver plated copper wire.

The result is a fully balanced, high end cable that mates perfectly with the headphones. Why balanced?  Simply put, less distortion, less noise, more gain, better sound.  See our balanced information page for a discussion of balanced operation. If you have a balanced capable player/ amplifier and balanced capable headphones like these Sennheiser products you owe it to yourself to try balanced sound!

 

Cables are available in various termination options below. 

Our certified PonoPlayer cables (select the Pono drop down above) provide a very high quality balanced mode output from the PonoPlayer to your HD518/ HD558/ HD598 headphones.  These cables allow the highest possible quality connection for your high resolution Pono player files, balanced output to balanced headphones.  They consist of dual 3.5mm Neutrik plugs which connect into the Pono player dual outputs, and a stock Sennheiser twist-lock connector for your headphones.  They are made with silver plated copper wire, 24 AWG and Teflon insulation, and feature our soft plush sleeving. 

See our PonoPlayer page for other cables compatible with the PonoPlayer. 

 

XLR balanced termination for the HD518/558/598 Headphones. 

We also manufacture other balanced cables suitable to connect your HD518/ HD558/ HD598 headphones to a balanced headphone amplifier.  Available in almost any configuration, such as a single 4 pin XLR (male) or a pair of 3 pin XLR (male) connectors (see the options in the drop downs above), we can make this fit just about any headphone amplifier.  We use Neutrik XLR connectors and and a standard Sennheiser twist-lock connector for the headphones.  These are made with silver plated copper wire, 24 AWG and Teflon insulation, and feature our soft plush sleeving.