Sennheiser HD 800 aftermarket cable

I don't know if you are interested or not but I have been having a great experience wit Cardas Cables . They are so very open and  detailled and have turned my 800s into entirely different beasts and are miles better than the original cables.

Have you tried the Sennheiser CH 800 S cable?  I have the HD 800 (not S) and have not compared the Senn balanced cable to others, but certainly didn't find it lacking in any way and it's very well constructed.  I have to admit that I seem to be less sensitive to cable changes than others.

jim204, which Cardas and how do they handle bass? big_greg, I have the CH800S and the bass sounds boxy to me with my amp. Funny though, years ago I used the CH800S with the Sennheiser HDVA 600 amp and it made those headphones sound awesome.

Hi the Cardas I use are 1.5 metre four pin balanced cables at £535.00 which are rather pricy but completely blow away the CH 800 S I had previously. The bass although not all powerful is super clear and so well detailed. A lot of the sound I get is also down to my head amp the Luxman P 750-u which will drive any dynamic  phone you care to mention and to ear splitting volumes if you are stupid enough. I had Sennheiser's own head amp before and the new one just jumps all over the old one. If super detailed light and airy sound is what you love then it is a great combination but you should hear it on Mahler Symphonies. As I only use phones nowadays then I can listen to my normal rig without any compromises at 3 in the morning when I can't sleep and I don't waken the missus.

Strange, with all the SR customers, I found only 2 reviews on the Atmosphere cable. One by a customer on high-end and the other on Head-fi. That isn't very encouraging. Maybe the saving grace will be the 30 day money back policy...