Balancing headphones. Yay or Nay: share your experience-->model/worth it?

[hirsch]

OMG! Those are just sick.

I've gotta think I missing the boat if I don't do a balanced desktop. At least for the Head-Fi crowd.

No, you're still missing it. We obviously need a balanced Total Airhead. To conserve space, forget Neutrik and use something like these to balance a KSC-75:

Lemo connectors (lemousa.com):

EKG.2B.304.CLL on amp

FGG.2B.304.CLAD62 on headphone

Nice small four-pin connector to balance 20 AWG cable (you could use a smaller connector for thinner cable) and fit on a smaller amp (18 mm diameter, You could get something smaller to use a thinner cable). You'd only need one connector to put a balanced headphone on a small-chassis amp.

Put the balancing transformers in the amp, connected to a mini-plug input.