4.4 mm to 6.35 mm

[rheffernan]

Hello,

I purchased a pair of Sennheiser 620S headphones. I have a balanced cable that terminates at 4.4mm that I would like to use to replace the unbalanced cable that came with the headphones. My Yamaha RN803 receiver only has a 6.35mm jack. Am I safe to purchase an adaptor (female 4.4mm / male 6.35mm) to make this work? Will the balanced technology still work? Thank you.

 

[Jimbob54]

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I have this . Very good just make sure you select the 4.4

But no , it is no longer balanced. Can't ever be as the amp is single ended

Unless you prefer the look /feel of the balanced cable just use the stock single ended one

 

[DVDdoug]

cable that came with the headphones. My Yamaha RN803 receiver only has a 6.35mm jack. Am I safe to purchase an adaptor (female 4.4mm / male 6.35mm) to make this work? Will the balanced technology still work? Thank you.

It will work (if the connections are right) but it's not balanced because the receiver's output isn't balanced. A balanced stereo connection requires 4 wires/connections. A standard TRS connection has only 3.

It doesn't work the other way around... a balanced output into regular headphones because you are shorting two signal outputs to get the common ground.

The only potential advantage to a balanced headphone output is that sometimes you twice the voltage and that means you can go 6dB louder. But that depends on the circuit design and there's no reason you can't make a regular unbalanced connection louder, and usually they are loud enough.

With line microphone and line-level connections balanced connections help with noise rejection. But without amplification you can't pick-up enough electrical noise throught the air to hear it through headphones or speakers.

 

[rheffernan]

You guys amaze me. Thank you for taking the time to help me.