Balanced wiring for Sennhesier 800 S


I expect to use Sennheiser 800S with my Ayre QX-5 Twenty, a Roon-ready DAC.  As usual with Ayre, they recommend balanced cabling.  Is that easy to do with the Sennheisers?  I haven't used headphones in years, but I was impressed when I heard the Sennheisers with a McIntosh headphone amp.  Any recommendations?

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You can try LavriCables as I think I’ve read they can do custom cables so worth a shot just to see. 

LavriCables can do it.  I made a mistake about the balanced inputs to the QX-5.  They're 3.5 mm, not 1/4".  So I need two cables with male 3.5 mm plugs at one end and Sennheiser 800S connectors at the other.  The cables should be wrapped together except at the ends.  

I may try the unbalanced cable that comes with the 800S before ordering balanced cables.  Ayre offers 3.5 mm and 1/4" unbalanced inputs.  

I have balanced cables with my Sens......I think someone years ago recommended Cardas.......still have them

Check with ZMFheadphones.  They make to order several grades of cables with a variety of connectors.