There is no way to scientifically measure what a cable will do in your system compared to another.
When you electrically subtract the signal from the output of a cable with that of the input of the cable then you end up with the difference in that specific setup.Now that isn't a really hard test to do ...You need to make small adapters that allow you to get the voltage out at both ends of the cable.You can use test tones or music whatever you want.Have done this in the past myself and it is interesting (especially with interlinks).You need to do it yourself to find the answer ... not gonna spill any beans here.
You spill beans here and you have to clean them up.
Getting a SE amp so I needed something besides the stock cable. Talked with Ted and just ordered this:6', HD800, OCC Litz, Black sheathing with heatshrink Y, heatshrink covered HD800 connectors (like my balanced cable), Oyaide rhodium 6.3mm (looked the best)Here's pics of my balanced cable. This one will look the same except the plug, of course. These were taken a while ago when I still had the Bryston.
All in all, I remain a cable agnostic - who wishes solderdude would just spill those beans! I've toyed with the notion of making some sort of reverse adapters, in order to run different headphone cables through diffmaker for years now, but evidently I'm too lazy to actually do it (or at least I have been so far).
Finally ordered myself an aftermarket cable. Got tired of how long the stock cable is right now and I wanted something shorter. Got the new Zoetic series from Norne audio, apparently according to Trevor, it's better than the draug v2, it's just less labor intensive so it is slightly cheaper. Hopefully the wait won't be too long.
